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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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National Disability Insurance Scheme

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): Supplementary arising from the original answer: is the minister aware if the concept of a state's duty of care to people living with a disability has been discussed at either a ministerial or a national officers level?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:53): We would call that safeguarding and safeguarding certainly has been something that has been under discussion at various points throughout the transition to the NDIS. It is quite clear, through the statute of the NDIS Act, that the Quality and Safeguards Commission as the regulator has the primary safeguarding role.

In terms of other ways of safeguarding, those things are also being looked at by the task force because it is relating to these other elements, the community elements, and a whole range of other ways in which people with disabilities can, if you like—and if I can put it the way that Dr Caudrey often explains it, 'additional sets of eyes over someone'. So for someone who is receiving a quarterly health check, the GP or the doctor will have that oversight.

There are local area coordinators who have some oversight; the allied health providers, whether it's an occupational therapist or a physiotherapist, who might assess someone for what their equipment needs are. There are a range of these areas in which those safeguards will help to form a framework and a network for vulnerable people.

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