Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

This is an area that we are working very closely on, particularly in our launch sites. We actually do have a prison in the Barwon region. A state that has established a prison system has a duty of care to the people who are in that prison. You have made the point—and I have heard it many times—that you do not know that that duty of care always extends appropriately, particularly in terms of services for people with disability. But we are working through those boundary issues. We can continue to update the committee as required, as we get more information about how that will technically work. Australian Hearing services have been instructive and I think the work you have done through estimates has been very helpful as well.