Disability Services

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): Final supplementary arising from the original answer: minister, knowing what you know now and the circumstances of the death of Annie Smith, what would you have done differently over the last two years in relation to this?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:27): That is a slightly disingenuous question on behalf of the Labor Party, given that they were the architects—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I expect to be able to hear the answer.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —of the scheme. They sent the funding for the Community Visitor Scheme off to the National Disability Insurance Scheme—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Order! The Hon. Ms Bourke, the Hon. Mr Hunter!

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Caring in this area is 'disingenuous'—what a disgrace, what an actual disgrace.

The PRESIDENT: The honourable Leader of the Opposition!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —they had a patchwork of messy screening systems that were slow and clunky and not particularly efficient—so #fixinglaborsmesses.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!