A former disability executive will make her return to the sector after seven years away to head up the NDIS watchdog.
Louise Glanville on Wednesday was named as the next commissioner of the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission.
It comes as the federal government moves to crack down on people rorting the disability scheme.
Ms Glanville was previously the deputy of the National Disability and Insurance Agency and also served as the chair of National Legal Aid.
She will replace the watchdog's acting head, former chief executive of the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission Michael Phelan, on September 30.
Ms Glanville will return to the NDIS after leaving the National Disability and Insurance Agency in 2017, and said there was unfinished business in the sector.
"A lot has changed since I left the NDIA in 2017, however, something that has not, is my passion for the NDIS, advocating for the rights of people with disability as well as a sustainable NDIS into the future," she said.
"Balancing quality and safeguards are essential to this role, both need attention."
NDIS Minister Bill Shorten said Ms Glanville would bring prowess to the role.
"Ms Glanville’s experience in both the disability and legal sector sends a message of regulatory rigour and deep policy experience to prioritise safety and quality at this key time for the sector,” Mr Shorten said.
He also announced Natalie Wade, a disability rights lawyer and advocate, will be the watchdog's associate commissioner.
It comes as a new fraud taskforce carried out raids on service providers that had provided false claims to the NDIS.
Laws passed federal parliament on Thursday limiting annual growth of the disability scheme to eight per cent, following fears of out-of-control spending.
Mr Shorten said the laws and the fraud taskforce would allow for the scheme to get back on track.
