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Bill Shorten will also be asked about a story in The Herald Sun this morning about organised crime groups ripping off the NDIS for sums up to $1.45b a year.

The Australian Crime and Intelligence Commission has warned the incoming government that as much as 5 per cent of the $29 billion scheme is being stolen annually, with some individual crime gangs ripping off tens of millions.

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