Disability Services

The Hon. T.T. NGO (14:55): My question is to the Minister for Human Services about disability. How does the minister respond to claims that trainees in state-run disability care are working unsupervised and that administrative staff have been working in direct care roles without clinical experience or training in manual handling?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:55): I would urge the honourable member to provide those details to my office immediately so that we can follow that matter up. We do know—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —that all of these things that are raised by the Labor Party—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order on both sides! The minister has the call.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —need to be run through the fact checker. I have every confidence—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order, the leader!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order, the Hon. Mr Wortley!

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Ridgway! Minister, continue.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I have every confidence in this program, that it is being rolled out appropriately, and in the management—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —of our supported accommodation services. If the honourable member has allegations to make, he should provide that to my office so that we can investigate it.