Labor’s baby a ‘honeypot of fraud’ and the gas tax’s viral moment

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges facing the NDIS and a viral inquiry about taxing offshore gas exports.

Today, we are talking about one of the federal budget’s trickiest customers - the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Labor was once like a proud parent of the NDIS, but now even the minister in charge, Mark Butler, is describing the scheme as a honeypot for organised crime. Also this week, an inquiry about taxing offshore gas exports went kind of viral due to a David Pocock question about beer and an appearance from a podcaster called Punters Politics. Joining host Jacqueline Maley is chief political correspondent Paul Sakkal and federal political correspondent Natassia Chrysanthos. Background reading Natassia Chrysanthos’ latest story on the NDIS All of The Age and Sydney Morning Herald’s political news and analysis. Subscribe to The Age & SMH: https://subscribe.smh.com.au/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Jacqueline Maley

Guests: Paul Sakkal, Natassia Chrysanthos

Topics covered

• NDIS
• fraud
• taxation
• offshore gas
• politics
• inquiry

Keywords

• NDIS
• fraud
• Labor
• tax
• offshore gas
• David Pocock
• politics

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: National Disability Insurance Scheme, Labor, David Pocock, Punters Politics, The Age, Sydney Morning Herald

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