Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

In just a few months we will launch DisabilityCare Australia. The first stage of the scheme will mean around 26,000 Australians with disability will receive the care and support that they need, and they will have choice and control over the support that they are purchasing. From 1 July this year DisabilityCare Australia will launch in the Barwon region of Victoria, in the Hunter in New South Wales, in South Australia for children aged between zero and five and in Tasmania for young people between the ages of 15 and 24. From July 2014, DisabilityCare will be launched in the Northern Territory and in the Australian Capital Territory. We have established the National Disability Launch Transition Agency, which has been working with people on the ground to deliver this fundamental reform. In less than two years we have built a scheme that will be ready for launch in July. (Time expired)