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The Australian Government is taking action against some unscrupulous providers who are exploiting the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) by encouraging thousands of participants to spend their NDIS funding too quickly and on non-disability supports. This week, the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) and the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission have taken the initiative to write to plan managers and support coordinators who support NDIS participants, reminding them of their obligations. Earlier this month, both the Federal Budget and the NDIA’s Quarterly Report showed that intra plan inflation was a major cause of growth in the Scheme. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten said the letter to plan managers also reflects anonymised data matching between 900 NDIS plan manager ABNs and the ATO, which showed that 343 of those ABNs would have failed a statement of tax record at the time.

We are pleased to announce that the NDIS has created a new online tip-off form to streamline the reporting of suspected fraud and non-compliance. You can find it on our report suspicious behaviour page.

The Australian Government continues to deliver on its commitment to a better National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) for Australians with a disability.

The Australian Government will continue delivering better outcomes for the more than one in six Australians with disability by boosting investments in disability employment and the NDIS.

The latest NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme) Quarterly Report shows the Scheme continues to improve outcomes for participants and highlights emerging stabilisation of NDIS cost growth.

This is a summary of the Participant Reference Group’s (PRG) recent out of session meeting.