Minister Says Sex Offenders Only a ‘Tiny’ Segment of NDIS Recipients

Despite the revelation that the National Disability Insurance Scheme ( NDIS ) has spent hundreds of thousands on high-risk sex offenders, Bill Shorten, the minister for the organization, has defended the organization’s funding.
Speaking on April 8, Mr. Shorten argued that the government was required to give disability care to” a very small team” of people who “have served time in jail,” including” a very small group” of people.
At Hearing Australia Belconnen, he said to reporters that” there are some people who we have an commitment to provide illness helps for” when they leave prison.
” I think the vast majority of individuals on the Scheme are not gender offenders”….

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