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

As you know, the government, over the period that we've been in office, has continued to release new packages, but the focus since July has absolutely been preparing the system for the significant influx of packages which we expect to occur on the commencement of the act. That involves consideration of the ability of the sector to absorb those packages, and our every focus, to be honest, has been on getting the system ready for what is a very substantial change to the aged-care system, which we are very excited about.