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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 457 asked in the Legislative Council on 14 May 2019 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME — MARKET REVIEW

457. Hon PETER COLLIER to the Minister for Disability Services:

I refer to the highly anticipated National Disability Insurance Agency market review of the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

(1) When does the minister anticipate the market review to be released?

(2) Will the minister give an undertaking to table the market review once he has received it; and, if not, why not?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the Leader of the Opposition for the question.

(1)–(2) The honourable member would know that the market review has been undertaken by the National Disability Insurance Agency on behalf of the Disability Reform Council, so that agency will release the report, the market review, at the time it wants to release it. It will not be up to me to release it.

Hon Peter Collier: They haven't told you? Have they given you any indication?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON: No, it will not.

It has undertaken the work and consultation. Many groups in Western Australia have put in submissions about the pricing in this state, including the state government. That is being worked out at the moment. I understand that there were officers over from the National Disability Insurance Agency talking to National Disability Services Western Australia yesterday, but given that the federal government is in caretaker mode at the moment, I do not anticipate any announcements or release of the report by the NDIA until whichever federal minister is sworn in. From what I have been told in the briefings I have had, it is certainly the intention for the outcomes of the market review to start from 1 July this year, so working backwards, we can anticipate that fairly soon after the federal election, something will go to the NDIA board and that the new minister will make an announcement shortly thereafter.