Anthony Chisholm (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Regional Development) Share this | Hansard source

The government is determined to tackle fraud and noncompliance in the NDIS. We know that, where we see fraud, we too often see exploitation, abuse and neglect of people with disability.

Today, the minister for the NDIS wrote to the Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on the National Disability Insurance Scheme to propose an inquiry into the integrity of the NDIS. The joint standing committee is the appropriate parliamentary forum to conduct an inquiry of this kind and is established precisely for this purpose. The motion from the senator to establish a separate Senate inquiry in a committee not focused on the NDIS is not necessary. The government looks forward to constructive engagement across the parliament in an effort to improve the integrity of the NDIS.