Senate debates

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Questions without Notice

National Disability Insurance Scheme

2:11 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) | Hansard source

As I was attempting to tell the chamber, this is an absolutely massive reform in this area—probably the most massive reform that we have seen since Medicare—and it's being transitioned through. We need to remember that this is a program that requires the investment of the states through that very complicated transition.

I would remind those opposite of the Productivity Commission's recommendation that they hold it back for another year to enable the NDIA to get the program up and running—

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