‘Out of control’: NDIS supporting thousands of ineligible Australians

There are reports thousands of children who have autism or developmental delay are receiving support from the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) despite not being eligible due to a failure by public servants to reassess their case.

Emeritus professor of public policy and the social economy at RMIT University, Dr David Hayward says there was a major problem with the way the NDIS was originally designed.

“It was pretty loosely designed, and was constructed with rose-coloured glasses … what we’ve got is an out of control program for spending and participant,” he told Ross and Russel.

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