National Disability Insurance Scheme

Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (14:53): My question is to the Premier. Did the bilateral agreement that the Premier signed on 29 June 2018 apportion the responsibility of the transition to the NDIS to the state government?

The SPEAKER: Could we have the question again?

Ms COOK: My question is to the Premier. Did the bilateral agreement signed by the Premier, dated 29 June 2018, apportion the responsibility of the transition to the NDIS to the state government?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:54): As I was just outlining to the house, the transition actually began well before we came to government. I have just given the information to the house that the trial for the transition actually occurred back between 2013 and 2015 in South Australia, which was for younger people, so this transition is not something which occurred when we came to government. The legislation occurred under federal Labor and a state Labor government. The transition of some of these cohorts actually—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! We have the question. The Premier has the call. Be quiet.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The transfer of people, especially younger people in South Australia, occurred back in 2013 and ran for several years. We worked with the commonwealth to iron out as many of the issues associated with this as possible. The transition was made, as the member quite rightly points out, with the formal signing of the document just two months or three months after we came to government, but of course the previous government was well aware of that transition planning, which was well underway. Now we know that the vast majority of those people who are living with disabilities operate under the NDIA at that federal level.