Drugs, Luxury Goods Part of $2 Billion of Mistaken NDIS Spending: Senate Hearing

‘There would be thousands of cases where participants are claiming things that are not consistent with their plan,’ NDIS integrity chief said.

A man wearing a shawl over his head walks into a Centrelink, Medicare, NDIS office in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 26, 2023. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

Over $2 billion (US$1.34 billion) of National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) funding is not properly spent each year as a portion of program participants splurge on drugs, alcohol, luxury goods, and other unnecessary expenses.

During a budget estimate hearing on the night of June 3, NDIS Integrity Chief John Dardo revealed the degree of fraud and corruption within the system, as a significant number of program participants, along with dodgy plan managers and service providers, defrauded the scheme.