A professional speechwriter will be paid around $300,000 a year to assist NDIS Minister Bill Shorten, despite there being an existing communications team.
Work is underway to crack down on ‘opportunists in the Australian community who see government money as an opportunity to make a quick buck,’ Shorten said.
Fraudsters who take advantage of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) have been put on notice after the insurance scheme’s minister declared that more than $400 million in criminally linked payments are being investigated.