One Nation Push for NDIS Inquiry Voted Down by Labor, Greens

Labor says the government is running its own inquiry into the troubled NDIS.

A wheelchair symbol on the back of a van in Albany, Western Australia, on Sept. 3, 2024. Susan Mortimer/The Epoch Times

A majority of the Senate has shot down a motion by One Nation leader Pauline Hanson who was pushing for an investigation into potential fraud in the taxpayer-backed National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).

Hanson called for the inquiry, saying the NDIS was being abused with some workers receiving inflated rates up to $195 an hour from the scheme expected to cost $52.3 billion in 2025-26 and up to $63.4 billion by 2028-29.