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Parliamentary Questions


Question Without Notice No. 731 asked in the Legislative Council on 30 August 2018 by Hon Peter Collier

Parliament: 40 Session: 1

NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME — TRANSITION

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

I refer to the $20 million fund in the 2018–19 budget to assist the disability sector in Western Australia to transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Will the distribution of the funds be through a competitive tender process, grants or some other mechanism?

Hon STEPHEN DAWSON replied:

I thank the Leader of the Opposition. In fact, he did not give me any notice, so I thank him for the question but not for not giving me any notice.

I am not sure whether the member is aware, but phase 1 of the transition fund is out at the moment. Expressions of interest were called for stage 1, so that is being worked on. An independent panel is working through each applicant who has put in an EOI. I think that the decision will go to the next Disability Services Commission board meeting in September and following that, it will be announced. That is a competitive process. Stage 2 of the transition fund has not been decided on yet.