Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2012-05-02 Daily Xml

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NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME

The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:07): Does the minister accept that his nonattendance at the Adelaide rally potentially calls into question his personal commitment to the NDIS?

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (15:07): That's quite a silly question.

The PRESIDENT: That's asking the minister for an opinion.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: That is an absolutely silly question. Of course I could have attended the rally and mingled with people on the sidewalk, but I expect that most people who are interested in disability services would have preferred me to be at the cabinet meeting where we were discussing budgetary issues, including my budgetary bid for disability spending in this state. I think that is where they would want me to be.