Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I recognise the intent of this bill, which is to improve the leadership and the governance of the NDIS and the rule-making, particularly. I also note that the NDIS has been without a CEO for at least 170 days. I'd also like to acknowledge that for people for whom the NDIS is working well it is a good thing; but for people for whom the NDIS is not working, it is really not working. I'd like to ask a couple of questions of the minister about decision-making within the NDIS. What is the usual method of evaluating functional capacity for clients of the NDIS? Is it through, for example, medical examination and doctors' reports?