Senate debates

Thursday, 16 August 2007

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008

In Committee

10:11 am

Photo of Nigel ScullionNigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

I have touched on the fact that we are dealing with this individual community by individual community. We are not going to be rolling this out in any community until these arrangements are in place. We are speaking and consulting with the communities as to how best to achieve that. It is going to be an ongoing rollout. I think the most important thing to say is that we do not want to say, ‘Right, this program is now in place,’ and find that the financial aspects are not there. The commitment is that we will not be moving to the program in a community until those arrangements are effective, in place and well understood.

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