Division
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2026-03-31.11.1) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time"* (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). In other words, they voted to leave the usual second reading motion unchanged and not at the words below. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that:* > >> *(a) the Government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) have been unable to clearly quantify the scale of fraud within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS);* >> >> *(b) the NDIA Fraud Fusion Taskforce estimates that up to 10 per cent of NDIS claims are inappropriate, mischievous or outright criminal;* >> >> *(c) the Government must do more to prevent the fraud and rorting that is rife within the NDIS;* >> >> *(d) the changes in the bill will do little to remove bad actors from defrauding participants and taxpayers;* >> >> *(e) the changes in the bill provide no direct regulation or fraud controls for the 94 per cent of NDIS providers who are not registered; and* >> >> *(f) robust integrity systems are critical to not only protect taxpayer funds but also to protect NDIS participants from exploitation by unscrupulous providers".*
Senate, 2026-03-31. negative: ayes 28, noes 34.
Question
The majority voted against an [amendment](https://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2026-03-31.11.1) to the usual second reading motion, which is "*that the bill be read a second time"* (parliamentary jargon for agreeing with the main idea of the bill). In other words, they voted to leave the usual second reading motion unchanged and not at the words below. ### Amendment text > *At the end of the motion, add ", but the Senate notes that:* > >> *(a) the Government and the National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA) have been unable to clearly quantify the scale of fraud within the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS);* >> >> *(b) the NDIA Fraud Fusion Taskforce estimates that up to 10 per cent of NDIS claims are inappropriate, mischievous or outright criminal;* >> >> *(c) the Government must do more to prevent the fraud and rorting that is rife within the NDIS;* >> >> *(d) the changes in the bill will do little to remove bad actors from defrauding participants and taxpayers;* >> >> *(e) the changes in the bill provide no direct regulation or fraud controls for the 94 per cent of NDIS providers who are not registered; and* >> >> *(f) robust integrity systems are critical to not only protect taxpayer funds but also to protect NDIS participants from exploitation by unscrupulous providers".*
How each member voted
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Related bills
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