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

What people with a disability and their carers need, Senator, is a government committed to reform, a government committed to supporting them and a government that delivers. That is what they got from this government in its first term. That is what they will get from this government in its second term. As I have said in relation to other issues, it is not the title; it is whether you do the work. This is the government that delivered the largest increase ever to pensioners in this country. This is the government that increased the disability support pension and carer payment. This is the government that doubled funding to the states and territories under the National Disability Agreement.

We have also been responsible for putting disability back on the national agenda, after 12 years of neglect, with the National Disability Strategy and the Productivity Commission inquiry. The opposition may want to focus on arguments about titles, but the reality is that the government will continue to deliver improvements for people with disabilities. (Time expired)