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NDIS Minister Bill Shorten.

Australia news LIVE: Organised crime strips more than $1b from NDIS; Scott Morrison swore himself in to additional portfolios as PM

There are fears organised criminals are exploiting the National Disability Insurance Scheme, marine scientists have rejected a key assertion by the environment minister and Labor plans to bring in tens of thousands of skilled migrants to fill chronic labour shortages.

  • by Broede Carmody and Angus Thomson

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Mark and Keiko are the parents of 23 year old Ken with down syndrome. At their home near Perth. Pic:Tony McDonough .

Meet the people hurt most by criminals ripping off the NDIS

Ken Gray has Down syndrome, but is determined to learn how to be self-sufficient because one day his parents will die. Now the funding he needs to get him there has been cut in half.

  • by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission chief executive Michael Phelan.
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‘The scumbag scale’: How organised crime has infiltrated the NDIS

A top law enforcement official believes up to 20 per cent of the $30 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme is being rorted at the expense of our most vulnerable people.

  • by Nick McKenzie and Amelia Ballinger
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