Disability Inclusion

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (15:00): Supplementary: can the minister advise what she is doing in terms of advancing the cause of a disability advocate, which is something she said she supported in principle, although would not vote in favour of, during the discussions on the bill?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:00): I thank the honourable member for her supplementary. As I advised the house I think several times during the debate, this was originally a Labor commitment in the election campaign, which I was horrified to discover was not actually in the forward estimates, as was led to be believed from the reporting of this. I have been diligently working towards including it as a budget bid, and that will be revealed in the fullness of time on 4 September.