Wednesday, 17 June 2026

 Lizzie BLANDTHORN (Western Metropolitan – Minister for Children, Minister for Disability) (19:23): Ms Ermacora raised a matter for the Attorney-General. Mrs McArthur raised a matter for the Minister for Roads and Road Safety.

Ms Gray-Barberio raised a matter for me as Minister for Children in relation to the care allowance. This is an important issue, and that is why we acted on that in this budget to increase the rate of indexation for the care allowance. I refer her to the budget for further details on this.

Ms Terpstra raised a matter for the Minister for Public and Active Transport, Dr Heath for the Minister for Youth Justice, Mr Galea for the Minister for Health Infrastructure, Mr Davis for the Attorney-General, Mr Berger for the Minister for Prevention of Family Violence, Mrs Hermans for the Minister for Police, Ms Purcell for the Minister for Industry and Advanced Manufacturing, Ms Tierney for the Minister for Education, Mr Welch for the Minister for the Suburban Rail Loop and Ms Crozier for the Minister for Emergency Services.

Mr Luu raised a matter for me as Minister for Disability. It is a matter that has been raised with me a number of times in this chamber, and it remains a matter for the Commonwealth government and the National Disability Insurance Agency. Ms Lovell raised a matter for the Premier. I will refer those other matters accordingly.