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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-10-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
      <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000313">
        <heading>Minda Incorporated</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-10-28">
            <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-10-28T14:25:35" />
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000314">
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          <by role="member" id="5412">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:25):</by>  Further supplementary: given that the minister clearly is now aware of these, has she taken any action to either refer these to the regulator or to investigate in any other way?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2021-10-28">
            <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-10-28T14:25:44" />
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000315">
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:25):</by>  We are in regular contact with the commission. We have been—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000317">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000318">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000319">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:  Order!</by> The Leader of the Opposition is out of order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000320">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  As I have said—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000322">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:  Order!</by>
        </text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000323">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  As I have said publicly, we have sought reassurances from Minda in relation to the wellbeing of their staff and their clients, but I think it is worth also reiterating what the NDIS commission has said publicly, that it is:</text>
        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000324">
          <inserted>…engaged with Minda on the recent changes to its leadership to satisfy us that there are no consequential impacts on the ability of Minda to comply with its conditions.</inserted>
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        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000325">
          <inserted>At this point we do not have any information that suggests that these changes will have any direct impact on people with disability receiving supports from Minda.</inserted>
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        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000326">
          <inserted>On specific issues in the media regarding quality of supports at Minda the NDIS Commission is aware of these allegations and is managing this matter in accordance with the NDIS rules.</inserted>
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        <text id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000327">
          <inserted>Any allegations of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation of an NDIS participant should be raised with the NDIS Commission.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20211028b5685535b41c42f280000328">As I have already said.</text>
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