Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme) Share this | Hansard source

This is an important opportunity to clear up some of those statements, Senator Tyrrell, because they are simply not correct. Again, in the speech given by Minister Butler about this matter, he could not have been clearer. For children that are presently on the scheme and for children that join the scheme between now and 2027, when we expect to make changes to the access rules, nothing will change. They will be subject from time to time to the usual assessments that take place for children who come onto the scheme, particularly through the early intervention pathway, because early intervention is intended to provide sufficient support for children, and some of those children won't need support on an ongoing basis. But Minister Butler couldn't have been clearer. We don't intend to leave what he calls a gap between two stools. We wish to make sure that children now and in the future have the supports that they require. (Time expired)