Taxpayers 'rightly' have questions after 'shocking' NDIS expenditure revelations

Shadow Finance Minister Jane Hume says taxpayers “rightly have questions to ask” amid “shocking” misuse of NDIS funds. NDIS integrity head John Dardo said $2 billion of the scheme’s money has been spent on drugs, alcohol, and other fraudulent expenses. “Taxpayers have a very high expectation around the expenditure,” Ms Hume told Sky News Australia. “When they hear stories like this … they rightly have questions to ask. “We know the NDIS is a really important program … we need to have a not just a sustainable system but a system in which all Australians can trust is being run with the right integrity framework around it.”