Graham Perrett (Moreton, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

I too rise to speak on the motion moved by the member for Robertson on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Before I do so I would like to return to some of the comments made by the member for Brisbane because she sits in this chamber as a member from Queensland. I am here with the member for Blair, who is also a member from Queensland. We heard that speech. It was a classic example of the political football that is being played here, but it was more of an effort by a magician. The reality is that people with disabilities in Queensland get $7 spent on them. Compare that to those in Victoria who get $10 spent on them. We are starting behind the eight ball already before the NDIS kicks off. We have seen hard-hearted Premier Campbell Newman commit not one dollar. When we had a chance to have a trial scheme in Queensland, which would not have cost anything—certainly, significantly less than the cost of the new racetrack at the Gold Coast.

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