“There would have been billions pissed down the toilet because they were not doing checks [on invoices],” one provider said.
The national disability insurance scheme spent millions of dollars sending clients on African safaris, international cruises and other overseas holidays as invoices went unchecked and the disability program’s multi-billion dollar costs ballooned.
ClubMates Travel owner Peter Negri said there was a post-COVID explosion in firms offering travel plans as NDIS recipients searched for ways to use government funding they were unable to spend during lockdowns. He, like Negri, said Shorten’s crackdown had created an invoice-checking system, a major achievement before the minister leaves government in February next year.
The opposition MP tasked with finding wasteful government spending, James Stevens said taxpayers would be rightly appalled. “The NDIS is meant to be supporting people with a disability, not funding safaris to Kruger National Park in South Africa,” said Stevens, who submitted the freedom of information request.Alex Ellinghausen
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