NDIS Ghost Towns in Lakemba, Sydney. By Pete Z.
1,300 NDIS providers in Lakemba. That’s 1 in every 13 people.
So @DrewPavlou and I went there to see it for ourselves to both Lakemba and Bankstown. The supposed hub of NDIS providers.
Yet when we showed up… almost every single one was a ghost town.
1,300 NDIS providers in Lakemba.
That’s 1 in every 13 people.
So @DrewPavlou and I went there to see it for ourselves to both Lakemba and Bankstown.
The supposed hub of NDIS providers.
Yet when we showed up… almost every single one was a ghost town. pic.twitter.com/dV45DJH1Gf
— Pete Z (@PeteZogoulas) March 8, 2026
Curious. This is presumably the video we mentioned earlier here:
Pete visited the infamous NDIS provider with a $250,000 GTR parked out the front and they chased him down the street.
Religion: Islam is the predominant religion, practiced by 68.3% of the population …
The top ancestries in Lakemba (2021) are Bengali/Bangladeshi (18.7%), Indian (10.7%), and Australian (8.2%), with notable overrepresentation of South Asian and Middle Eastern groups compared to regional averages.
Tony Burke’s electorate.
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a government-funded program in Australia that provides individualised support to people with permanent and significant disability, enabling them to live more independently and participate in the community.
Fraud in the NDIS is a serious and growing concern, with estimates suggesting up to $6 billion annually may be misused, including by organised crime. Fraud involves intentional deception to gain financial benefit, such as claiming for services not provided, overcharging, using fake identities, or creating “ghost” participants.
Commenters:
Check out Mirrabooka in WA. 1 in 9 NDIS, It’s our Lakemba. Not an Aussie in sight. …
Looks like Middle Eastern Muslim population has the highest disabled people in Australia….
Can you ask them to relocate some to more rural/regions? We can’t get enough funding to cover my transport costs. 100kms of driving.
If this is like the Somali day care ripoffs in Minnesota, the center-left party might be getting donations from the recipients of NDIS money. Just a possibility, but will our media properly investigate? Of course not, they are also of the left.
hat-tip Peter S.