House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-05-02 Daily Xml

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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:50): Supplementary, sir. Is the minister aware whether any modelling has been done at all to assess whether the people in question may or may not be covered? If not, how are you confident that they will still be covered?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Minister for Disabilities.

The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:50): Mr Speaker, people will meet the criteria for funding based on their disabilities; it is a clinical and medical response, it is not actually modelling as such. So, the people who actually meet our current scheme—I can see no reason why they would not meet the new scheme.