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

I think it is fair to describe that, while there is substantial disagreement over whether or not the previous government provided funding for the NDIS, the NDIS has always been a bipartisan or, in fact, cross-partisan project in terms of delivering these particular services and ensuring that we care for the vulnerable and, in many cases, people who have been forgotten or have fallen through the cracks of our federal system or the provision of services inconsistently across states. I do not think, given the information I have got at hand and given the sheer scale of the rollout that has been in place, that is a fair characterisation of what the government has done. There are measures in place in line with this—for example, the NDIA is ensuring that core participant information products are WCAG2.0 AA compliant to ensure they are most up to date with screen reading technology. I think this is an ongoing effort, given the scale of the project involved.