Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I welcome the statement in the advocacy amendment about issues of promoting independence, socioeconomic participation, choice and control in the pursuit of goals and acknowledging the role of advocacy. My question is: if there is a situation where a person is rejected for funding under the NDIS and ends up in, for instance, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, where the Australian Government Solicitor or people who are skilled in advocacy will be representing the interests of the department, is there a guarantee that a person with a disability who has to fight this out in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, if it gets to that, have funding for their advocacy services?