❓ Question regarding growth funding for disability services in WA, comparing state and commonwealth contributions. The Minister highlights the state's increased funding and criticises the Commonwealth's low contribution, calling for bipartisan support to address the funding imbalance.
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SERVICES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES - FUNDING
How much money is the commonwealth government contributing in growth funding for services to Western Australians with disabilities, and how does this compare with the current level of funding provided by the Carpenter Labor government? Mr A.D. McRAE
How much money is the commonwealth government contributing in growth funding for services to Western Australians with disabilities, and how does this compare with the current level of funding provided by the Carpenter Labor government? Mr A.D. McRAE
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I thank the member for Maylands, who I know had a longstanding professional interest in this area before she became a member of Parliament, and that interest continues. This is an area of great concern. Growth funding is the funding that is added by state and commonwealth governments each year to meet the growing needs across the disability services sector and to increase the total number of services available across the sector, because, as we know, there is rarely a time when we can say that all needs are being met. It is the growth funding that determines how much progress is being made towards meeting those needs. The Carpenter Labor government is allocating an additional $18.7 million in the coming financial year as part of that growth funding program. That additional $18.7 million is in the context of this government having increased funding from the $166 million allocated in 2001 when we came to government. By the time we get to the end of this financial year, we will have added $77 million to that budget. By the end of the forward estimates that we have included in the budget for this year, the total disability services budget will have doubled by 2009. No other state has had the growth in funding for disability services that this government has delivered to that community. In response to the member for Maylands’ question, that should be compared with the commonwealth government’s contribution. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE replied: I thank the member for Maylands, who I know had a longstanding professional interest in this area before she became a member of Parliament, and that interest continues. This is an area of great concern. Growth funding is the funding that is added by state and commonwealth governments each year to meet the growing needs across the disability services sector and to increase the total number of services available across the sector, because, as we know, there is rarely a time when we can say that all needs are being met. It is the growth funding that determines how much progress is being made towards meeting those needs. The Carpenter Labor government is allocating an additional $18.7 million in the coming financial year as part of that growth funding program. That additional $18.7 million is in the context of this government having increased funding from the $166 million allocated in 2001 when we came to government. By the time we get to the end of this financial year, we will have added $77 million to that budget. By the end of the forward estimates that we have included in the budget for this year, the total disability services budget will have doubled by 2009. No other state has had the growth in funding for disability services that this government has delivered to that community. In response to the member for Maylands’ question, that should be compared with the commonwealth government’s contribution. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Maylands, who I know had a longstanding professional interest in this area before she became a member of Parliament, and that interest continues. This is an area of great concern. Growth funding is the funding that is added by state and commonwealth governments each year to meet the growing needs across the disability services sector and to increase the total number of services available across the sector, because, as we know, there is rarely a time when we can say that all needs are being met. It is the growth funding that determines how much progress is being made towards meeting those needs. The Carpenter Labor government is allocating an additional $18.7 million in the coming financial year as part of that growth funding program. That additional $18.7 million is in the context of this government having increased funding from the $166 million allocated in 2001 when we came to government. By the time we get to the end of this financial year, we will have added $77 million to that budget. By the end of the forward estimates that we have included in the budget for this year, the total disability services budget will have doubled by 2009. No other state has had the growth in funding for disability services that this government has delivered to that community. In response to the member for Maylands’ question, that should be compared with the commonwealth government’s contribution. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE replied: I thank the member for Maylands, who I know had a longstanding professional interest in this area before she became a member of Parliament, and that interest continues. This is an area of great concern. Growth funding is the funding that is added by state and commonwealth governments each year to meet the growing needs across the disability services sector and to increase the total number of services available across the sector, because, as we know, there is rarely a time when we can say that all needs are being met. It is the growth funding that determines how much progress is being made towards meeting those needs. The Carpenter Labor government is allocating an additional $18.7 million in the coming financial year as part of that growth funding program. That additional $18.7 million is in the context of this government having increased funding from the $166 million allocated in 2001 when we came to government. By the time we get to the end of this financial year, we will have added $77 million to that budget. By the end of the forward estimates that we have included in the budget for this year, the total disability services budget will have doubled by 2009. No other state has had the growth in funding for disability services that this government has delivered to that community. In response to the member for Maylands’ question, that should be compared with the commonwealth government’s contribution. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
I thank the member for Maylands, who I know had a longstanding professional interest in this area before she became a member of Parliament, and that interest continues. This is an area of great concern. Growth funding is the funding that is added by state and commonwealth governments each year to meet the growing needs across the disability services sector and to increase the total number of services available across the sector, because, as we know, there is rarely a time when we can say that all needs are being met. It is the growth funding that determines how much progress is being made towards meeting those needs. The Carpenter Labor government is allocating an additional $18.7 million in the coming financial year as part of that growth funding program. That additional $18.7 million is in the context of this government having increased funding from the $166 million allocated in 2001 when we came to government. By the time we get to the end of this financial year, we will have added $77 million to that budget. By the end of the forward estimates that we have included in the budget for this year, the total disability services budget will have doubled by 2009. No other state has had the growth in funding for disability services that this government has delivered to that community. In response to the member for Maylands’ question, that should be compared with the commonwealth government’s contribution. Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Ms S.E. Walker interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : I am. The member for Nedlands will be interested, because I am sure that many people in her community would want to know what the share of growth funding is between the state and federal governments. Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei interjected. Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : The state government’s contribution is $18.7 million. The Leader of the Opposition is absolutely right. Can the Leader of the Opposition tell me what the federal government’s contribution is? It is $800 000. I will show the Leader of the Opposition the chart that I have with me. If the Leader of the Opposition cannot remember the numbers, he should remember the slice of the pie that the federal government is adding to funding in this state for growth in the services for families in Western Australia who care for people with disabilities. Remember the contribution the commonwealth is making, with a $17 billion budget surplus - namely, $0.8 million. I thank the member for Maylands for the question. The question now turns to the Leader of the Opposition. How will he be able to assist in lobbying the federal government to remedy that imbalance? In the five years that the Labor Party has been in government, the imbalance between commonwealth and state contributions means that we are now short $77 million for disability services. People delivering disability services and the families who care for people with disabilities are now short $77 million because of underfunding by the commonwealth to Western Australia. The Leader of the Opposition needs to take this seriously, because it is his turn to make a contribution. I am asking him to join with me as I go to negotiate the new commonwealth-state agreement on disability services, and to agree to send a message to the commonwealth government. Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr P.D. Omodei : Will you take the shadow minister with you? Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
Mr A.D. McRAE : I have already told the opposition spokesman on disability services that I will give him a full briefing. Everything that I know, he will know. I am prepared to share with the opposition spokesman every piece of information I have in relation to this budget. It is time the Leader of the Opposition joined with the government on a bipartisan basis. We are short $77 million, and it is time to remedy that on behalf of people with disabilities in Western Australia.
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Government Gazette
Appointments, regulatory notices, planning changes.
Hansard
Debates, questions, speeches and sentiment.
Tabled Papers
Reports and documents tabled in Parliament.
Committees
Committee profiles and recent reports.
Regulations
Subsidiary legislation with filters and summaries.
Bills
Proposed laws and parliamentary progress.
Acts
Current WA legislation and summaries.
Explanatory Memoranda
Bills with EMs (text/PDF) available.
Members
MP profiles, party breakdown and rankings.
Pollie Rankings
Data-driven rankings across 19 categories.
Amendment Chains
Track how schemes and regulations evolve over time.