Senate debates

Thursday, 19 September 2019

Questions without Notice

National Disability Insurance Scheme

2:16 pm

Photo of Katy GallagherKaty Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) | Hansard source

I refer to nine-year-old Angus, whose family were left to transport him around the family farm in a wheelbarrow because of the delays with the NDIS providing him with a wheelchair. Yesterday the minister said, 'We should make no apology about the fact we manage our budgets appropriately.' Why is the government propping up its budget position with a $4.6 billion underspend in the NDIS, a fact confirmed by the minister in the House in question time, when children like Angus are waiting for essential equipment like this? (Time expired)

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