Labor is accusing parliamentary opponents of costing the National Disability Insurance Scheme millions each day, arguing that stalled reforms are letting fraud run unchecked. Government figures put the current loss at about $11.5 million per day with almost $1 billion allegedly siphoned off over the past two and a half months.
The government links these losses directly to the Greens and Coalition holding up an overhaul bill in the Senate that is aimed at tightening scheme integrity.
The proposed NDIS bill, introduced on May 14 2026, is designed to strengthen fraud controls and improve oversight of payments. According to the government, delays in passing the legislation have already resulted in more than $900 million in "fraud and integrity leakage" by August 4.
Labor argues that each day the Senate fails to pass the bill adds tens of millions to the growing cost burden on the scheme. The minister warns that those losses will continue to climb until the reforms are in place.
Government calculations suggest that by the next parliamentary sitting fortnight, the running total of alleged fraud-related losses will exceed $1 billion. The government is using those numbers to increase pressure on the Greens and Coalition, framing the dispute as a choice between tightening controls or accepting escalating waste.
