Yvette D'Ath (Petrie, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I wish to speak about an event I held in my electorate during the winter break. It was an NDIS event. The invitation went out to not just those people who have disabilities, and their carers, but to families and anyone in the community who has an interest in this matter, to lift their awareness of what the NDIS is all about. I want to thank the Minister for Disability Reform, the Hon. Jenny Macklin, and Parliamentary Secretary Jan McLucas for coming along to that event. I also want to thank Fiona Anderson who is the Queensland coordinator for the Every Australian Counts campaign.

Not only did we have participants who wanted to come along and find out more about the NDIS, we had many stalls there on the day from disability service providers in the local area so that we could let people know what services already exist for people with disabilities and their carers in our local area. I want to thank all of those stallholders for coming along and supporting our community.

We also had special schools in attendance that day. I acknowledge the Redcliffe RSL, which was the host of the event.

I know that a lot of people are interested in the NDIS; a lot of people are signing up to the Every Australian Counts campaign. I encourage everyone in the electorate of Petrie and across the country to get involved in the campaign and to support the NDIS. Queensland should be a launch site and we should be getting on board to make that happen.

Ms Anna Burke (Chisholm, Deputy-Speaker) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

Order! In accordance with standing order 43, the time for members’ statements has concluded.