NDIA admits missing red flags in case of malnourished brothers found in house with dead father

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The national disability insurance agency (NDIA) has accepted it missed red flags in a case where two brothers with disabilities were found severely malnourished, naked and locked in a room, the disability royal commission heard on Tuesday.

The inquiry, which is holding its final public hearings in Brisbane this week, heard on Monday about the shocking case of two young men, aged 17 and 19, who authorities found living in squalid conditions in May 2020.

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