{"id":27619,"date":"2015-04-14T22:16:09","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T12:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nofibs.com.au\/?p=27619"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:56:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-13T13:56:13","slug":"ndis-restart-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.nofibs.com.au\/ndis-restart-the-qldweekly-blogazine-qldpol-qldaah\/","title":{"rendered":"#NDIS restart – The #QldWeekly blogazine: #qldpol @Qldaah"},"content":{"rendered":"
Covering the week in Queensland politics. Check back for updates.
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Table of contents<\/h3>\n
NDIS restart.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 18, 2015) – Fire ants march on.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 17, 2015) – COAG day.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 16, 2015) –\u00a0Queenslander.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 15, 2015) – Units to build.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 14, 2015) – GST wars.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 13, 2015) – NDIS back on the agenda.<\/a><\/h6>\n
(April 12, 2015) – Springborg’s drought tour dates.<\/a><\/h6>\n

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NDIS\u00a0restart<\/h3>\n

To date, Queensland remains the only state or territory inactive on the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Despite the pre-election promises in 2012, it became apparent early in\u00a0the Newman Government’s term that there was very little interest in making substantive progress.<\/p>\n

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard had signed a NDIS agreement with former Premier Campbell Newman at a well publisised media event in May 2013.<\/a>\u00a0After posing for the media in a handshake presser with Gillard, Newman departed the event quickly. Almost as swiftly, the public debate in Queensland disappeared from the political agenda and with it the\u00a0media spotlight.<\/p>\n

This week, Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk restarted the discourse\u00a0by demanding\u00a0Canberra hand over the 0.5 percent Medicare increase the Federal Government has\u00a0been collecting for the scheme since July 1, 2014.\u00a0\u00a0With $201 million due to be paid to Queensland in\u00a0funding, her\u00a0government is claiming the full amount with the Medicare levy should be $553 million.<\/p>\n

The opposition lashed out through Deputy Opposition Leader John-Paul Langbroek<\/a> by condemning Palaszczuk’s credibility to engage in negotiations at the Council Of Australian Government’s meeting on Friday. His message was somewhat confused; somewhere between condemning Palaszczuk’s personal credibility and his own\u00a0failure\u00a0to understand\u00a0the Medicare levy collection.<\/p>\n

Despite the criticism, the Queensland Government pressed on with Disability Minister\u00a0Coralee O’Rourke<\/a>\u00a0making the first official contact with the National Disability Insurance Agency in Geelong, Victoria on April 14, 2015.<\/p>\n

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Great to visit @NDIS<\/a> head office in Geelong and the Barwon Trial Site today. #NDIS<\/a> #qldpol<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/6iMCq4sl1u<\/a><\/p>\n

— Coralee O'Rourke (@CoraleeORourke) April 14, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n