Labor created this beast, they must fix it.

Where is Bill Shorten? Ahh, at the Ukraine Peace Summit. Since when is that part of his portfolio?

The NDIS already costs more than Medicare to operate. Worst of all? It is still growing.

Wasn't the NDIS meant to be for the severely disabled? Yet, these days 40 percent of its clients are young boys diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. How many of these are genuine cases?

It'll get to the point where the NDIS becomes the largest budget line.

Unfortunately, the government needs to change the law and kick a lot of people off of the NDIS. Yes, it is politically difficult (especially for Labor), but it must be done sooner and not later.

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By James Willis
17 June 2024

DAILY TELEGRAPH

Dungeons & Dragons gaming nights and Lego-based therapy are just some of the services being advertised in an emerging online marketplace for NDIS participants to spend their taxpayer funds on, as ­experts warn these pop-up businesses are not adequately vetted and risk blowing out the scheme which some say is becoming a “honey pot”.

With concerns the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme could blow out to $90bn a year by the end of the decade, The Daily Telegraph can reveal popular pages on Facebook are linking participants to everything from cleaners and dog groomers to fishing camps and Lego-based therapy.

The pages, which have no official affiliation to the expanding scheme, also offer NDIS 4WD weekends, luxury accommodation, ski trips and excursions to the movies. Several people also promote Dungeons & Dragons gaming nights on the pages, with one post claiming it was run by a “therapeutic host”.

FULL STORY: https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/online-marketplace-of-unregistered-ndis-services-prompts-call-for-better-regulation/news-story/40663f0be09f3ab7a254abef3a3c9c92

it's not rorting it if they're using it as its intended to be. it's obviously a completely retarded idea that was always going to waste a lot of money right from the start on frivolous and questionable stuff, but you should change the language by which you criticise it

Australia is indeed the lucky country - it  has more money than sense.

Mr Shorten rejected those assertions.

"I do not agree that [those views] represent the 600,000 people in the community and 400,000 people working in the scheme."

"ABC News

I'm trying to understand this quote, is he saying we have 600000 people using NDIS and 400000 people working to administer the scheme?

Also how can you cut 14 million from the scheme but it's not a cut?

While the NBN has been and will always be the biggest waste of taxpayers funds in the history of Australia the NDIS must be not far from second?

Hundreds of billions of dollars for submarines.

No money for disabled people. Or age pensioners. Or the unemployed.

And this from a so called Labor government (Labor in name only these days).

Disgraceful stuff.

Carl D wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 8:54am:


The Coalition were the ones who did the AUKUS deal not Labor....Labor introduced the NDIS for disabled people, raised the age pension and unemployment benefit all opposed by the Oppsition LNP....All this from a so called Coalition Government who opposed every measure to improve the lives of Australians....Disgraceful stuff!!!

philperth2010 wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 9:36am:


So, why doesn't Albanese and the ALP cancel AUKUS?

Surely the previous government didn't sign Australia up for something that would cost hundreds of billions of dollars without some sort of 'escape clause'?

They couldn't have been that stupid, could they? Oh, wait... 

Of course, if there is an 'escape clause' no doubt it would cost Australia a lot of money to cancel the deal (the US would make sure of that) but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't be anywhere near 368 billion dollars (which was the last figure I saw... it's probably closer to 400 billion by now).

And besides, what does Australia need these submarines for anyway? To protect us from invasion? Invasion by whom? The Chinese?

The Chinese won't need to even think about invading Australia soon  - with the rate our spineless pollies are selling off the country to them (and others) one bit at a time it won't be long before they own Australia outright.

Can we about the topic please?

I'm very interested in NDIS version 2 and hoping to understand and discuss it?

Please make a effort to quote me correctly.

I wrote scam/scheme.

For ( what I understand, and asking?) the scheme is possible worthy of saving from the scammers?

If you insist on protection of bill useless shorten I suggest you narrow your focus and single out the complete disaster and billions on billions wasted on the  utter failure the biggest waste of taxpayer money has ever been seen-
NBN

Hello Tony Abbott and partner Malcolm Turnbull

John Smith wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 6:15pm:


I'm sure Bill Shorten will get around to that in due course.

It's not coming out of his pension so no hurry

Daves2017 wrote on Aug 26^th, 2024 at 7:21pm:


Good thing you didn't wait for scummo or abbot to fix it.

Why did you feel the need to insert "ethnic" in the title?

It's not on the original from The Australian that you chose not to link to...

SadKangaroo wrote on May 20^th, 2025 at 11:00am:



Diverse ethics and values, innit. Diversity is our strength.

Anything else would be wacist.

SadKangaroo wrote on May 20^th, 2025 at 11:54am:






ex-bankrupt Zaffar Khan and his longtime business partner ­Muhammad Latif.





Güüd wan, Clouseau! 

Twilight Zone.  Tsk, tsk, tsk...

Western Sydney man Billal Chami is accused of allegedly stealing $3.7 million of NDIS-related money from the government.

He allegedly filed fraudulent disability provider claims on a massive scale

https://x.com/DrewPavlou/status/2013815606668144834


Somali-adjecent....

Frank wrote on Feb 19^th, 2026 at 10:30am:



NDIS on track to devour mining golden goose in two years with federal annual spend to climb above $60b

It's a start.

This bottomless pit which was a time-bomb left by that idiot Bill Shorten badly needs a haircut.





Here are the big things to know for each of the areas:

For the NDIS:

Reducing the number of participants – because of new eligibility rules, the projected number of people on the scheme by the end of the decade is expected to be about 600,000. Today, there are 760,000 people on the scheme. This would suggest about 160,000 people will transition out of the scheme once the new eligibility rules come into effect.

Butler also announced an overhaul of NDIS eligibility. Access to the scheme will move to assessments of a person’s functional capacity, rather than relying on diagnosis alone.

$55 billion – that will be the new targeted cost of the NDIS for 2030, down from the current forecast of $70 billion. The cost of the scheme last financial year was $48.5 billion, and it will surpass $50 billion in the current year. It’s a marked reduction in growth.

Registration for NDIS providers will now be mandatory. Currently, less than 10 per cent of providers in the scheme are registered.
$200 million will be used to establish the Inclusive Communities Fund, with the aim of rebuilding capability among disability organisations for people to have options to participate in their local community.

Will the somali run learing centre need to close

greggerypeccary wrote on Apr 22^nd, 2026 at 2:34pm:


It's not ridiculous, it's contrived.

It's the grubberments way of saying thanks to all the criminal immigrants they imported.

Greens slam Labor’s call to cut supports for 160,000 disabled people while gas profits soar
2026-04-22
greens.org.au
The Greens have slammed Labor’s NDIS cuts, saying their decision to kick 160,000 people from the scheme and reduce supports for disabled people is a cynical and cruel decision while gas exporters' untaxed profits soar.

Labor’s declaration that more restrictive eligibility for the NDIS will remove 160,000 people from the scheme - ahead of the codesign process that would supposedly design those criteria, has left the disability community facing months or years of anguish and fear.

Under Labor’s NDIS cuts;

There will be a real cut to funding each year across the forward estimates, with growth caps stuck below inflation while corporate profits soar,
An estimated 160,000 people will be removed from the scheme entirely, leaving disabled people fearing whether they will be excluded,
Participants face an estimated $5000 reduction in funding for social and community participation supports that provide critical social contact,
Participants’ ability to request changes to their supports is reduced, with restrictions on unscheduled assessments
The move towards an approved list of Supported Independent Living providers also poses risks to the choice and flexibility under the scheme.
The government’s decision to announce reverse aged care cuts show the cynical calculation Labor has made about who it thinks should be able to have the basics required to live a good life.

Labor says people should move to other supports - but governments have failed disabled people for years, through lack of investment in publicly available supports, high-quality accessible public housing with shared supports, and mental health in Medicare, and the low rate of the Disability Support Pension.

The Greens say they will oppose Labor’s cruel cuts to the NDIS, saying that the government is cynically pitting people who need care against one another while letting rich gas exporters off the hook.

Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens said:

“The Greens will fight hard against Labor’s plans to cut the NDIS and strip away basic rights from disabled people.

“Labor is today cynically booting 160,000 people off the NDIS while letting big gas corporations avoid $17 billion in tax.

“How dare this Government, who promised they wouldn’t cut the NDIS, balance their budget by selling disabled peoples’ dignity.

“This is an extraordinary betrayal of disabled people by a Labor government that promised to protect the NDIS, not cut it. Australians with a disability and everyone who loves them are angry, and they’re not going to let Labor take away their dignity without a fight.

“Budgets are about choices, and Labor is choosing to cut the NDIS instead of taxing rich gas corporations. Labor needs to show courage, tax the big corporations and 1%, stand up to Donald Trump, and get these billions back into the essential services we all rely on.

Senator Jordon Steele-John, Greens Disability spokesperson said:

“Disabled people are disgusted with this betrayal by Labor. Labor promised to protect the NDIS, but they are cutting it instead.

“It’s shocking that Labor is choosing to cut vital services for disabled people rather than tax gas exports, make Clive Palmer pay a little more tax or buy one fewer AUKUS submarine.

“Disabled people are now left dreading whether they will be one of the 160,000 people Labor plan to kick off the NDIS - because their disability is too invisible, or because a computer predicts they will be fine without supports.

“These supports enable us to get out of bed in the morning, to connect with community and to avoid social isolation, and the government has announced it’s their intention to slash them.

“It’s disgusting that Labor would strip that sense of hope away from disabled people and their families when the ultra-wealthy are doing so well.

“Labor is making these cuts because they believe we are an easy target. They are wrong. We are angry, we are organised, and we will fight back.”

A child predator who drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl in her bedroom, and later demanded his NDIS provider send female carers to shower him, continues to access “support workers” under the disability support scheme.

Arash Farzard, who is currently serving a post-custodial court order having served jail time for his 2004 crime, is among pedophiles, gang rapists and killers across Australia who are receiving taxpayer-funded support – worth a combined several million dollars – through the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Often described as having “poor” rehabilitation prospects, these offenders were issued with post-sentencing court orders aimed at reintegrating them into the community.

Recipients with mental health conditions ranging from “mild” intellectual disabilities to paraphiliac disorders are among the criminals accessing benefits, as Labor faces mounting pressure to clarify its plans for the removal of 160,000 NDIS ­participants.

According to court documents, Farzard showed “no remorse” for his offending, and not only did he insist his NDIS provider send him female support workers to shower him, he made “sexual comments about female support workers … and expressed a preference for young girls”.

It is not known if his request for female support workers was granted, but a court in March heard “he has access to support workers though the NDIS”.


Sydney pedophile Raymond John Cooper – diagnosed with a “mild to moderate” intellectual disability – has a record of child sexual abuse, violent assaults on former partners, and repeated possession of child exploitation material. His convictions include sexually assaulting a six-year-old boy, indecently assaulting a nine-year-old girl, and choking and punching a de facto partner.

Case officers reported that Cooper posed an “extreme” threat to the community and noted he showed “zero remorse for his ­offending behaviour”, while ­sentencing judges evaluated his rehabilitation prospects as “poor”. His extended supervision order is set to end in December.

Cooper receives a taxpayer-funded NDIS package covering his placement at a “four-bedroom” property in western Sydney, staffed 24/7 by a registered NDIS provider specialising in psychosocial disability, which refers to support services for individuals with mental health issues or disabilities that affect ­social functioning.

The 'responsible', executive government control and accountability,
for the dispersement [spending] of TAX PAYER money,
in this country.

In this 'Commonwealth' [of Australia].

It is a complete farce.


farce = = a comic dramatic work or genre using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including ludicrously improbable situations.



Anyone who wants a better understanding of
THE INCOMPETENCE [and lack of accountability]
and THE GRAFT
which exists within executive government,
which 'sickness', Australian Taxpayers are suffering from......
need only search online,
for the words..... YES MINISTER, and YES PRIME MINISTER.


It was a TV series, a farce from the UK,
which explores the REAL WORLD ways in which
politicians and executive government bureaucrats,
'improbably', are managing the power of the state,
FOR THEIR OWN PERCEIVED BENEFIT.





graft3 = = informal bribery and other corrupt measures pursued for gain in politics or business.