Major changes to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) are coming. This includes the launch of Thriving Kids in October. This program will be co-funded by state, territory and federal governments and will replace some children’s individual NDIS funding with foundational supports.
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Police allege a 48-year-old NDIS participant submitted false invoices for $700,000 of services he did not receive. He was arrested at a property near Horsham on Wednesday.
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The national disability insurance scheme, one of Australia’s most ambitious social schemes, is undergoing a significant overhaul as the Albanese government looks to rein in costs and preserve its social licence for future generations.
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Two people who allegedly colluded to wrongfully register more than 200 NDIS providers have been banned from the scheme for life.
Former NDIS consultant Zeinab Ghamraoui of H&M Consulting Group and NDIS auditor Sanyog Desai were banned in June after an investigation by the regulator.
As a result, the registration of 40 providers linked to Ghamraoui and Desai have been revoked, while an additional 195 providers have had their registration refused by the NDIS Commission.
Tags: Former NDIS consultant Zeinab Ghamraoui, H&M Consulting Group, National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Integrity and Safeguarding) Act 2026, NDIS auditor Sanyog Desai, NDIS bans 2 for Life
The NDIS is spending significant sums supporting convicted sex offenders in the community. But should disability funding be used to help manage people whose release requires intensive supervision and support?
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The Australian Human Rights Commission has urged the Albanese government to pause its plan to cut more than $30 billion from the NDIS, arguing it’s “dismissing genuine concerns” about process, accountability and the impact on participants and their families.
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For two years, a single Senate estimates exchange has anchored Australia’s NDIS fraud debate. In mid-2024, NDIA integrity chief John Dardo told a committee that 90 per cent of a certain group of plan managers showed “significant indicators of fraud” in their claiming behaviour.
The line has since been repeated by government ministers, opposition frontbenchers, journalists and, more recently, by campaigners pushing for the government’s amendment bill to pass the Senate. It has become one of the most durable facts in Australian political debate: nine in ten plan managers, fraudulent.
Tags: Auditing plan managers, Australia’s NDIS fraud debate, Disability Intermediaries Australia, Unregistered providers claims
National Legal Aid (NLA) has used a Senate Inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme Amendment (Securing the NDIS for Future Generations) Bill 2026 to call for significant changes to the Bill to avoid potential negative, life-changing consequences for people with a disability.
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A new NDIS bill is moving through parliament without published modelling or a rollout plan. Disability Discrimination Commissioner Rosemary Kayess says it could have major impacts, with no way to check what it’ll cost people relying on the scheme.
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A National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) service provider was allowed to pocket more than $1 million by incorrectly billing for personal training services, while at least 4,000 other providers also incorrectly charged Australians with disability, the federal government says.
The provider that incorrectly billed for more than $1 million charged disabled Australians $193.99 an hour, nearly three times the government’s recommended price.
The rort centres on a category of service called “other professionals“, which was intended for services provided by a qualified therapist to deliver evidence-based supports.
Tags: NDIS service providers - incorrect billing practices, other professionals category rort, rorts fraud and unreasonable pricing