Linda Reynolds apologises after NDIS sends woman’s private details to abusive ex-partner

The privacy breach is the latest controversy to embroil the scheme and came as the minister defended a leaked communications plan related to independent assessments

The national disability insurance scheme minister, Linda Reynolds, has apologised after the agency that runs the scheme accidentally gave a woman's private details to her abusive ex-partner.

The privacy breach occurred when her son's NDIS plan - including the family's location, school and names of some professionals working with the son - was sent to his father, who was released from jail last year, the Herald Sun reported.