Government accused of exaggerating NDIS fraud to justify cutting disability support
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Summary
The article argues that the Australian public has been misled about the scale of NDIS fraud to justify cutting hundreds of thousands of people with disabilities from the National Disability Insurance Scheme. It claims the government is using exaggerated fraud claims to soften public opinion for budget cuts, while pointing out that Australia can afford the program given its spending on gas subsidies and submarine deals. The author calls on the federal government to correct the record using its own data on the actual extent of NDIS problems.
Key quotes
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It can't be because we can't afford it – the hundreds of billions in free gas giveaways and submarine deals prove that.
No, the public was softened up by relentless claims about NDIS fraud.
It's time for the federal government to set the record straight and use its own numbers around the real scale of problems in the NDIS.
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