Tim Hammond (Perth, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Just like this government does not get workplace safety, just like this government does not get the importance of maintaining strong guns laws and just like this government does not get the importance of marriage equality, it is very clear that this government does not get the NDIS. If you need any further support for that proposition, look no further than the reports in The Australian today confirming the sackings of the NDIS board, including the father of the NDIS Bruce Bonyhady. What does that tell us? It tells us that this government, under the direction of the Minister for Social Services—a Western Australian, God forbid!—has betrayed Australians all over the country, including from my home state of Western Australia, in relation to those suffering from impairment and their carers.

This minister has failed to adequately resource the NDIS. This minister has failed to deliver a meaningful or competent IT system in relation to the let downs of the myplace portal. This minister has failed the basics in meeting deadlines. Contrast that with the Labor Party. The Labor Party had the vision to articulate the need for the NDIS in the first place, as opposed to this mob opposite. It was Labor who was the architect and builder of Medicare. Labor was the architect and builder of superannuation. Labor is the architect and builder of the NDIS. Compare that to this government, who has simply let Australians down. (Time expired)