Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I reject the suggestion that I did not answer the question because I tried to give a fulsome answer to the senator. I and my colleagues seek to be in contact with the community. The community cabinets have been a very useful way of making sure that we are in touch with those issues. It is front and centre of the government’s agenda. Look at the budget, look at the commitments to disability funding, look at the commitments to carers and look at the autism package announced recently by the minister. This is a key part of the government’s agenda and we are listening to carers, we are listening to their needs. It is a part of the work that we are focused on. I would hope we get bipartisan support for such an approach.