Scott Ryan (Victoria, Liberal Party, Special Minister of State) Share this | Hansard source

These are, obviously, very technical issues and I am not going to pretend to be someone who is qualified in these particular areas.

Senator Dastyari interjecting—

Senator Dastyari, I will take your interjection. I am trying to take a very serious issue and treat it with the respect it deserves, but you can be a fool and interject if you want to continue your behaviour. On the issue, Senator Kakoschke-Moore, in 2015-16 I will note the average wait time for the 1800RESPECT services was 10.3 minutes. Under the new model the current average wait time is 45 seconds. I think that is an important difference because it can allow people to access treatment more quickly or access services, I should say, more quickly.