Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I move Greens amendment (3), amendments (5) and (6), and amendments (8) and (9) on sheet 8307, together:

(3) Schedule 1, item 48, page 32 (lines 15 to 18), omit subsection 73X(1), substitute:

(1) The National Disability Insurance Scheme rules may prescribe arrangements relating to the management and resolution of complaints:

(a) arising out of, or in connection with, the provision of supports or services by NDIS providers, and providers of local area coordination services and early childhood early intervention services; and

(b) arising out of, or in connection with, actions of the Agency.

(5) Schedule 1, item 60, page 65 (line 12), omit "Act;", substitute "Act.".

(6) Schedule 1, item 60, page 65 (lines 13 to 17), omit paragraph 181E(i).

(8) Schedule 1,item 60, page 67 (after line 33), after subsection 181K(l), insert:

(iA) Despite paragraph 44(2) (b) of the Legislation Act 2003, and regulations made for the purposes of that paragraph, section 42 of that Act applies to a direction by the Minister under subsection (1).

(9) Schedule 1, item 60, page 68 (lines 1 to 4), omit the note, substitute:

Note 1: Section 42 of the legislation Act 2003 provides for the disallowance of legislative instruments.

Note 2: Part 4 of Chapter 3 (sunsetting) of the legislation Act 2003 does not apply to the directions (see regulations made for the purposes of paragraph 54(2) (b) of that Act.

I would love it if somebody were going to vote differently on some of these amendments, but I get a vibe that this is not going to happen, so I am happy to hear the will of the chamber on all of them together, unless somebody wants to put them differently. But I would like to articulate very briefly what these amendments are about, and why we are moving them. Again, I did foreshadow all of these amendments in my second reading contribution. Amendments (1), (2), (4), (7), (10), (11), (12) and (13) are about the role of a senior practitioner, a position that we regard very seriously. It is an absolutely critical role. At the moment, the role of the senior practitioner is not articulated fully in the—

The TEMPORARY CHAIR: The minister on a point of order.