The Karl Stefanovic Show NDIS Fraud Is Exploding — And No One’s Stopping It
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Mar 29, 2026 Pete Zogolous, YouTuber who exposes alleged scams, and Drew Pavlou, activist-journalist, describe three months of on-the-ground NDIS investigations. They reveal visits to empty provider shops, sting operations showing inflated invoices, mapping suspicious provider concentrations, and the political and legal pushback they faced.
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NDIS Growth Outpaces Major Budgets
- The NDIS has become one of Australia's fastest-growing spending programs, costing about $50 billion a year and supporting over 600,000 people.
- Drew Pavlou and Pete Zogolous highlight that growth outpaces major budgets like the military and raises questions about where the money goes.
Ghost Shopfronts Found In Western Sydney
- Drew and Pete drove to Western Sydney, found dozens of NDIS-branded shops closed during business hours and many with no websites or real staff.
- They used Google Maps overlays and on-the-ground visits to document ghost-shopfronts in Lakemba and Bankstown.
Tipoffs Rarely Become Prosecutions
- Government complaint and prosecution rates are tiny: 7,000 tip-offs in a quarter led to fewer than 20 prosecutions, under 0.1%.
- Drew argues this low prosecution rate signals systemic inability or unwillingness to enforce fraud rules.