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

The arrangements in relation to the ministry and the Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers are, as I understand it, the same as existed under the last government, the first Labor government. They are the same arrangements, as I understand it, that existed under the previous Howard government. What I can advise you is that that arrangement—that is, having a senior minister for FaHCSIA and a parliamentary secretary under that minister with a direct responsibility for disabilities and carers—continues as it was under the Howard government and under the first Labor government.