Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Indigenous Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

When we assumed office most people recognised, I suspect, that it was for reasons of the speed under which the previous government attempted to implement RJCP. In some cases there was less than a week to implement the entire contract, get staff and get cars. It was very difficult to do that, and I think they had some 277 26-week outcomes for their investment.

We have significantly improved that; there is no doubt about that. There is no doubt that to achieve a 13-week outcome is, one would think, a lot easier to achieve than a 26-week outcome, but fundamentally the system failed to engage for 26 weeks because it simply was not a system that had the capacity to engage for that period of time. The system has been more focused on doing interviews then delivering outcomes.