Government to crack down on NDIS provider fraud amid warning scheme will soon cost $50bn annually

Bill Shorten says $126m earmarked in Labor's October budget will help protect national disability insurance scheme from crooks'

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The federal government is creating a fraud fusion taskforce" to try to claw back nearly $300m from national disability insurance scheme providers, amid warnings the NDIS could cost more than $50bn annually within four years.

The new body, which will replace the existing NDIS fraud taskforce, will target fraud and serious non-compliance" with the help of law enforcement, regulatory and intelligence agencies.

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