WEBVTT -  Fraudsters serve time for NDIS rorts

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<v Speaker 1>Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm christinaming it with

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<v Speaker 1>the Front's afternoon headlines. Seventeen fraudsters who routed the multi

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<v Speaker 1>billion dollar National Disability Insurance Scheme have spent a collective

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<v Speaker 1>sixty years in jail since twenty twenty two. That's according

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<v Speaker 1>to new figures released by the government on Tuesday. A

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<v Speaker 1>task force launched four years ago to combat fraud in

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<v Speaker 1>the scheme has received almost ninety thousand tips about allegedly

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<v Speaker 1>fraudulent behavior and has executed dozens of search warrants on

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<v Speaker 1>dodgy NDIS providers. The task force says it seesed luxury

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<v Speaker 1>items like cars and gold coins during the execution of

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<v Speaker 1>search warrants, and more than three point five million dollars

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<v Speaker 1>in illegally obtained funds have been returned to the NDIS

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<v Speaker 1>why so Worlds. The Labour government used the data in

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<v Speaker 1>Parliament to urge the passage of its latest NDIS Bill,

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<v Speaker 1>which aims to dramatically cut the ballooning cost of the scheme.

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<v Speaker 1>Labour wanted the reforms to pass in this sitting period,

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<v Speaker 1>but it's pushed that timeline out while it negotiates with

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<v Speaker 1>the Coalition and the Greens Labour MP Josh Burns has

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<v Speaker 1>called for vilification of Jewish people to be criminalized. That's

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<v Speaker 1>after a campaign of online abuse culminated in an arson

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<v Speaker 1>attack on his Melbourne electorate office.

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<v Speaker 2>I want people to be able to express themselves, to

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<v Speaker 2>criticize government policy, to have a robust democracy and debate.

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<v Speaker 2>But unfortunately where that descends and disintegrates into abuse and

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<v Speaker 2>vilification is when people leave the discussion around policy and

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<v Speaker 2>start making attributes to a particular individual based on their race, religion, gender, ethnicity.

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<v Speaker 2>And I think that we want people to participate freely

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<v Speaker 2>in democracy, but we also want them to be shielded

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<v Speaker 2>from vilification when doing so.

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<v Speaker 1>Burns is the first member of the Albanese government to

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<v Speaker 1>appear before the Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion,

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<v Speaker 1>which entered its third block of public hearings on Monday.

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<v Speaker 1>The Royal Commission will hear what role, if any, social

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<v Speaker 1>media has played in fueling Australia's antisemitism crisis. Treasurer Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Chalmers has left the door open to reforms that could

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<v Speaker 1>see miners paid superannuation by some of Australia's biggest companies.

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<v Speaker 1>About half a million teenagers who work fewer than thirty

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<v Speaker 1>hours per week aren't currently entitled to super after Labour

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<v Speaker 1>reintroduced an exclusion for workers under the age of eighteen.

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<v Speaker 1>But the Greens will move a disallowance motion in the

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<v Speaker 1>Senate on Tuesday night to stop the Treasurer from enacting

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<v Speaker 1>the exemption, and Chalmers says he's up for the discussion.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, we didn't need the Green's political party to tell

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<v Speaker 3>us that this was an important issue. As it turns out,

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<v Speaker 3>I met with a delegation of young workers just last

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<v Speaker 3>week talking about this. We're always looking for ways to

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<v Speaker 3>strengthen the superannuation system.

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