Mental Health Services

The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:55): Does the minister accept, based on his answer, that those NGOs will not be able to provide the same level of services because their funding will be reduced?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:56): No. With all due respect to the honourable member, I stress again that if a client is not eligible for NDIS then funding allocated to them, currently delivered to a non-government organisation, will not transfer. It will stay state government-funded. The continuity of support is either continuity because the state government is going to continue to provide services through a state government-funded mental health program or the continuity of support will be provided by NDIS taking over that client care.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Bourke, a further supplementary, but probably the last I think.