Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

At your request, Deputy President, I will withdraw. It does highlight the fact that this government is quite happy to hide things that end up causing incredible distress and uncertainty for some of the most vulnerable people in our community. As Senator Steele-John pointed out, with some of the things the government has been doing—the lack of transparency, the lack of consultation—all it does is to say to Australians who live with disability, 'This government doesn't care about you; as a government, we're happy to leave you in a state of permanent uncertainty,' which only creates distress. You should be ashamed. You should come clean with those documents so Australians can see what you're up to.