Aug 4, 2026 – 1.30pmThe National Insurance Disability Scheme is losing $11.5 million a day, or almost $1 billion over the past 2½ months, to fraud and illegitimate claims because of delays by the Greens and the Coalition in passing a proposed overhaul of the scheme in the Senate, the government says.NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister said on Tuesday that the cost to the scheme would increase to more than $1 billion by the next parliamentary sitting fortnight because of political opposition to its legislative changes, which include measures designed to crack down on fraud.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles