Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-11-30 Daily Xml

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Disability

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:50): Supplementary: what monitoring processes has the minister put in place to measure the effectiveness of the pamphlet that she has just described to the chamber?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:50): This document was put together by people with lived experience, and we will be monitoring it on a case-by-case basis. We are also providing it to the Press Club—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —and it should have been provided to electorate offices. What people with lived experience tell me is that they get exhausted by calling this behaviour out online and so the government joins with them in ensuring that—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —this document is produced far and wide—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hanson!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —and is available to make sure that people who speak about people with disability in the public domain do so appropriately.