Following the Australian Government’s ministry announcement, PDA congratulates Minister Mark Butler and Minister Jenny McAllister on their appointments.
Minister Butler has taken on the mantle of Minister for Health and Ageing, and the Minister for Disability and the National Disability Insurance Scheme, and Minister McAllister has stepped into the role of Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
In joint responsibility for the National Disability Insurance Scheme, Butler is expected to lead negotiations with state government on hospital agreements and foundational supports, whilst delivery and implementation of that work will be led by McAllister.
With some concern around health, ageing and disability all being plunked in the same basket, Australia’s disability community now looks with interest at what will come.
With Government having taken on board the call for a Minister of Disability, let’s hope that Australians living with disability will still be provided with world-leading and life-changing supports.
The best way for this to happen is for those with lived experience to be part of the conversation and to provide insights necessary to make things work – not just on paper, but in the real world of disability.
Ministers Butler and McAllister, we’re happy to meet with you for a chat over a coffee or a pint. Give us a call and we’ll get something in the diary.
