NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:54): My question is to the Minister for Disabilities. Under the NDIS and NIIS, will SA still be responsible for managing risk for the treatment of medical injury caused by fault in our public hospitals?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Business Services and Consumers) (14:54): Mr Speaker, I think it was made clear before that the NIIS matter is still something that is in the discussion stage; it is nowhere near—nowhere near—in a stage where there has been finalisation of any agreement between the commonwealth and any of the states. So, it is impossible for that question to be answered, because it is predicated on an understanding of two schemes, one of which does not yet exist.