· CES funding has not increased for seven years under Labor
· Labor has consistently failed to commit to more recurrent funding for the CES
· Liberal policy will inject extra $1.5 million a year into CES
The Liberals have re-committed to significantly increasing recurrent funding to the CES together with annual indexation following a call to the parties as part of Our Island Our Voices campaign.
The Liberals’ policy was announced in June 2009.
The Liberals are the only party who have recognised the hardship faced by people with disabilities in accessing equipment and technologies, and committed to rectifying this.
The Government said in response to the Liberal policy:
“There is not a lot of point putting in more money to prop up an ailing program – I don’t consider that a sensible use of taxpayer funds”. (Examiner, 19 June 2009)
Yet as the State Manager of National Disability Services, Margaret Reynolds, has said today, additional funding is needed for the scheme just to address current levels of unmet demand.
A copy of the Liberals policy can be found:
HERE
Brett Whiteley MP Shadow Minister for Health and Human Services
