Transport Subsidy Scheme

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (15:07): Does the minister believe that the NDIS is providing adequate transport support to people living with a disability?

The Hon. D.W. Ridgway: See if you can listen to the answer without talking.

The PRESIDENT: Oh, the Hon. Mr Ridgway, you wish to answer the question? You seem very keen. Show some respect to your fellow ministerial colleague and don't point to the opposition. It's in breach of standing orders.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:07): I thank the honourable member for her question. There are a range of areas in which people receive various supports within their packages. I think you can always put an argument that people can receive more or that some are adequate. Without examining the specific packages of each of those individuals, if she has examples of particular individuals who are not happy with what's in their plan, then we are more than happy, through my office, to take up those individual advocacy requests on behalf of those people and see what we can do for them. But it is hard to say in isolation, without examining the specific packages of support, whether they are adequate or not.