❓ The Minister for Energy announces a new electricity subsidy for Western Australians with thermoregulatory dysfunction, following advocacy from a paraplegic man. He also defends the existing life-support equipment subsidy against opposition claims.
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ELECTRICITY SUBSIDY - LIFE-SUPPORT EQUIPMENT
Can the minister inform the house on what electricity bill subsidies are available for Western Australians with severe medical conditions? Mr F.M. LOGAN
Can the minister inform the house on what electricity bill subsidies are available for Western Australians with severe medical conditions? Mr F.M. LOGAN
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I thank the member for her question. Members would remember that a couple of years ago, the then Minister for Energy, the then and current Treasurer, introduced a government subsidy for electricity bills for those people who were dependent on life-support equipment every day for the purposes of living independently at home. They would also remember the outrageous claims by the Leader of the Opposition after the budget that somehow the government was taking that subsidy off people, or that there was no out-year recognition of the subsidy for people requiring life-support equipment. That was proven to be absolutely untrue. Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for her question. Members would remember that a couple of years ago, the then Minister for Energy, the then and current Treasurer, introduced a government subsidy for electricity bills for those people who were dependent on life-support equipment every day for the purposes of living independently at home. They would also remember the outrageous claims by the Leader of the Opposition after the budget that somehow the government was taking that subsidy off people, or that there was no out-year recognition of the subsidy for people requiring life-support equipment. That was proven to be absolutely untrue. Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
I thank the member for her question. Members would remember that a couple of years ago, the then Minister for Energy, the then and current Treasurer, introduced a government subsidy for electricity bills for those people who were dependent on life-support equipment every day for the purposes of living independently at home. They would also remember the outrageous claims by the Leader of the Opposition after the budget that somehow the government was taking that subsidy off people, or that there was no out-year recognition of the subsidy for people requiring life-support equipment. That was proven to be absolutely untrue. Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN replied: I thank the member for her question. Members would remember that a couple of years ago, the then Minister for Energy, the then and current Treasurer, introduced a government subsidy for electricity bills for those people who were dependent on life-support equipment every day for the purposes of living independently at home. They would also remember the outrageous claims by the Leader of the Opposition after the budget that somehow the government was taking that subsidy off people, or that there was no out-year recognition of the subsidy for people requiring life-support equipment. That was proven to be absolutely untrue. Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
I thank the member for her question. Members would remember that a couple of years ago, the then Minister for Energy, the then and current Treasurer, introduced a government subsidy for electricity bills for those people who were dependent on life-support equipment every day for the purposes of living independently at home. They would also remember the outrageous claims by the Leader of the Opposition after the budget that somehow the government was taking that subsidy off people, or that there was no out-year recognition of the subsidy for people requiring life-support equipment. That was proven to be absolutely untrue. Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei : It is still not in the budget. Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : I have an even better story for the Leader of the Opposition now. It is a story about a chap I met this morning at the paraplegic facility at Shenton Park. His name is Roly James. This is a great story about how one person can influence government and change outcomes. As a paraplegic, Roly James went on a one-man crusade - Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition should listen to this; it is a good story. Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr P.D. Omodei : I am all ears. Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Mr F.M. LOGAN : The Leader of the Opposition looks like he is all ears. Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
Roly James brought to the attention of government the fact that 1 500 Western Australians, many of them affected by paraplegia, multiple sclerosis, motor neurone disease, severe stroke or multiple amputations, have a problem that is referred to as thermoregulatory dysfunction; that is, they cannot control their core body temperature. As a result, depending on the weather, they must have either the heating or the cooling on all the time. As a result of his lobbying and his persistence in arguing the case for those 1 500 people, I was pleased to announce to Roly this morning that the government has agreed to provide, as of 1 January 2007, a thermoregulatory dysfunction energy subsidy to those 1 500 people. He asked for a $10-a-week subsidy. He was absolutely over the moon to hear that we will give them $28 a week, which amounts to $335 per annum over the extreme weather period, to allow them to live independently and in comfort in their homes without the worry of an energy bill hanging over them. Worrying about an energy bill affects their personality and stresses them out. It is a great story. It just shows what an individual can achieve.
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