How the NDIS spends millions of taxpayers’ money to help rapists and sexual deviants live in your neighborhood – with one pedophile receiving $1.4 million

Millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars are spent helping rapists and pedophiles find safe housing after their release from prison.

Repeat and high-risk sex offenders, who are considered too dangerous or vulnerable to live in specialist settings, receive funding at the highest level of the National Disability Insurance Scheme to live under supervision in the community.

Convicted sex offenders diagnosed with serious mental illness or mild to moderate intellectual disability are also among the recipients of the significant support, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

Court documents show the money is being used to house the criminals in secure accommodation consistent with their court-ordered supervision plans.

A 40-year-old Victorian man convicted of rape, sexual assault, indecent acts with a child under 16, making and possessing child pornography and stalking has been awarded $1.4 million to pay for 24-hour supervision.

He was diagnosed with mild to moderate intellectual disability, personality disorder, complex post-traumatic stress disorder, pedophilic disorder and compulsive sexual behavior disorder.

The man will be placed in secure accommodation in a regional Victorian town where he will require 24/7 supervision from two members of staff.

A court was told the NDIS was prepared to spend $1.4 million to support the man.

The terms of the settlement will be determined by a judge after construction of the secure unit is completed and it has undergone a security check.

A second convicted pedophile, a 44-year-old Queensland man, received a $500,000 support package from the NDIS scheme.

He has convictions for indecent treatment of a child (three counts), assault, suffocation, suffocation and strangulation.

The man was found to have mild intellectual disability, very low intelligence, antisocial personality disorder and psychopathic features.

He received half a million dollars in support, despite a judge saying the man had ‘probably lied to occupational therapists and others who assessed him for an NDIS support package’.

Repeat and high-risk sex offenders deemed too dangerous or vulnerable to live in specialist settings will instead receive top-tier NDIS funding to live in the community under supervision (stock image)

A third recipient, a 63-year-old man from NSW, was awarded $100,000 from the scheme between 2022 and 2023.

The man was convicted of incest involving sexual assault (two counts), breaching parole and failing to comply with the obligations of being a registered sex offender.

The 63-year-old also admitted allegations of sexual assault during the marriage.

He qualified for $100,000 in NDIS funding after he was diagnosed with below-average intelligence, major depressive disorder, sexual sadism and severe psychopathic personality disorder.

The man was denied a supervision order, with a judge in the NSW Supreme Court saying it was likely his “depressive symptoms and associated impairments” that had made him eligible for the NDIS funding.

The NDIS said it does not know how many sex offenders with disabilities are currently receiving financial support from the scheme.

“Every Australian, regardless of prior criminal conviction, has the right to access support systems provided by the government to help them live their lives. Such support can be crucial in reducing the risk of further reoffending,” a spokesperson said.

The NDIS will cost taxpayers $42 million this financial year and $90 billion in 1931. About 646,000 Australians participate in the disability scheme, but only about 100 receive packages worth more than $1 million.

Participants with an intellectual disability received an average benefit of $98,100 in the 2023/24 financial year – a 13 per cent increase on the previous year.

The NDIS paid a total of $8.54 billion to participants with intellectual disabilities in the same period, compared to $7.17 billion in the previous financial year.