The mother of a man who led to a disability provider who introduced the liquidation days after a NDIS participant died has been able to start an almost identical company in the same building.
In April, ABC News unveiled the death of a man with a disability in homes owned by a NDIS provider in the suburb of Brisbane of Acacia Ridge.
The death did not have to be reported to the NDIS watchdog, the Quality and Safeguards Commission (QSC), because the provider was not formally registered with the scheme.
The death took place on March 14, five days before supporting the provider, core and capacity disorders, was brought into liquidation on 19 March.
Now documents from the Corporate Regulator – the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) – show that a new company called Care and Compassionate Disability Support has been started by members of the same family.
Care and compassion work on the same Acacia Ridge address, show documents, and residents still live there.
Core and capacity was checked and owned by Liam Luppino before liquidation.
The newest company, care and compassion, was registered less than a month after the original company was registered in liquidation, and Asic documents show that the ownership is of and is checked by Deborah Luppino, Liam’s mother.
Those entities, and other related companies, are all registered at the same residential address in Outer Brisbane.
Several people sent ABC News screenshots of a Facebook call-out for new employees, posted around the time of the liquidation of core and capacity, concerned that those behind a failed company could start a new company with access to people with disabilities so fast.
A number of involved readers contacted ABC News with screenshots of a Facebook messages from the new company that asks for staff. ((Delivered))
In a statement, Deborah Luppino ABC News said that the motivation behind the new company was to ensure that there was continuity of care for residents.
“My only goal to take over when the core and capacity went into liquidation was to ensure that the participants still live somewhere and to minimize the disruption for them as well as possible,” she said.
Mrs. Luppino said that the new company was “different” because it “listens to the participants and the staff and only wants to make sure they are happy”.
“Since I started, we have made our communication with both our participants and the staff important changes to enable them to express their concerns,” she said.
“In the future I am convinced that we create a place where participants can feel a sense of community, make friendships and enjoy activities on and outside the site together.
“If a participant is unhappy, they are more than welcome to give us and leave us for two weeks. I try not to keep anyone here who doesn’t want to be here.”
Mrs. Luppino said she was planning to formally register the new company with the NDIS and the agency that runs the scheme – the National Disability Insurance Agency – was “happy with how we demand”.
The QSC says it can only work within its legal assignment. ((Monkey: Mick Tsikas))
In a statement, the QSC said that it was unable to comment on individual providers or potential regulatory action and that current jurisdiction was limited.
“[We] Work within our legislative assignment, in close cooperation with other government agencies, to maintain the rights of NDIS participants and to guarantee the integrity of the scheme, “said deputy commissioner for regulatory operations Mahashini Krishna.
The QSC said that “advancing reforms were to introduce mandatory registration for important types of suppliers who would not make registered providers to the same legal obligations as those that were formally registered, which enhances the ability to take action where necessary”.
El Gibbs, CEO of Disability Advocacy Network Australia, said there were too many gaps in the regulatory system.
“We urgently need the committee to have the same powers as supervisors in other industries.”
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