Aaron Violi (Casey, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for the Digital Economy) Share this | Hansard source

It is deceitful, and it's disgraceful. 'My word is my bond—no Australian left behind.' This prime minister has not delivered one shred of honesty or integrity in his time as Prime Minister. Changes of this magnitude need to be done right. People need to be consulted, and they haven't been. There will also be changes to plan renewals, and the caution we have for the government on this is to ensure that there is no gap between a person's plan ending and the new plan being created and no delay in supports for people with disability because of slow bureaucracy. They need to make sure that the states are ready to provide the services through Thriving Kids and other mechanisms. At the moment, we're hearing stories and we're seeing the government pull funding to go into a state service that is not ready. Again, they're looking to bank a number in the budget at the expense of Australians that need the support.

One of the most disappointing aspects of the NDIS has been the rise of fraud and rorts within the system. Week after week, we are seeing stories of criminals exploiting the scheme for personal gain—in some cases, in the millions—often for services that were never provided. In the calendar year of 2025, $48.83 billion was spent on paid supports to participants. If six to 10 per cent of those transactions were non-compliant, fraudulent or incorrect, that would equate to a $2.9 billion to $4.8 billion cost to the scheme per annum. It sounds very similar, shadow treasurer, to the CFMEU and the Allan Labor government. There's a connection between Labor promising things and not delivering and providing services that have been for fraud and corruption for their friends.

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