维多利亚州调查残疾工作者向国家残疾保险制度客户行贿和利用他们的护理包的情况。
Victoria investigates disability workers for bribing NDIS clients and exploiting their care packages.
维多利亚州残疾支助工作者正在接受调查,他们利用脆弱的全国残疾保险制度客户,通过提供现金、快餐和笔记本电脑等贿赂来控制高价值护理包。
Disability support workers in Victoria are under investigation for exploiting vulnerable NDIS clients by offering bribes like cash, fast food, and laptops to gain control of high-value care packages.
报告详述了胁迫行为,包括威胁、扣留药品和未经授权的银行变动,一些客户被迫搬家以牟利。
Reports detail coercion, including threats, medication withholding, and unauthorized bank changes, with some clients pressured to move homes for provider profit.
尽管社区访问者在一年中提出了6 000多个问题,但向国家残疾人事务局和社会服务监管机构提出的申诉往往被驳回,促使公共辩护人办公室要求加强保障措施、直接转介权力和更好的监督,以保护残疾人。
Despite over 6,000 issues flagged by community visitors in a year, complaints to the NDIA and Social Services Regulator were often dismissed, prompting the Office of the Public Advocate to demand stronger safeguards, direct referral powers, and better oversight to protect people with disabilities.