Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I would completely reject the premise of the question that has just been asked of me, because I can assure you that the Morrison government worked tirelessly to make sure that no Australian would be left behind. But, as we recognise, the situation that we all found ourselves in this year was a once-in-a-century pandemic. I can tell you what I did, as the minister who has broader responsibility for disability, as opposed to the NDIS. I worked with the disability sector. I had numerous meetings, and I'd like to shout out to Ben Gauntlett, who is our Disability Discrimination Commissioner, for the extraordinary hard work that he did, along with the advocacy groups, to make sure that the voices of people with disability were heard during this time so that we could respond to the specific needs. Clearly, every Australian was faced with a situation that they had never seen before, and we worked very well with the disability sector. I acknowledge the huge amount of support they gave me.