Don Farrell (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Trade and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Urquhart for her insightful question. Yes, I can explain the answer to that question. The Albanese Labor government made an election commitment to restore trust in the NDIS and ensure a better future for Australians living with disability. The establishment of a fraud fusion taskforce complements this commitment by strengthening fraud detection and by better safeguarding the National Disability Insurance Scheme from serious organised crime and other fraud. The fraud fusion taskforce will better enable intelligence sharing, identification and response by the NDIS, the National Disability Insurance Scheme Quality and Safeguards Commission, Services Australia, other departments, law enforcement agencies and regulators. The Australian government will continue to investigate and prosecute to the full extent of the laws those found to be committing fraud.