A lack of whistleblower protections is being blamed for stopping people coming forward to report wrongdoing within the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
The Human Rights Law Centre's Whistleblower Project will urge the federal government to enact stronger protections for people calling out misconduct within the scheme.
The project is Australia's first dedicated legal service for whistleblowers.
A parliamentary inquiry into integrity of the NDIS will be told on Thursday that laws governing the scheme should be amended for eligible whistleblowers to make a disclosure to a lawyer, medical practitioner, union or independent advocate for help with unveiling wrongdoing.
Government-funded legal support should be set up for whistleblowers to report reprisal from their employers and other for speaking out, the centre says.
