Greens spokesperson for Disability Services Hon Alison Xamon MLC has welcomed today’s announcement of funding for systemic disability advocacy in Western Australia during the transition phase to the NDIS, but cautioned that interim funding does not remove the need for ongoing systemic advocacy services in this state.
HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.45 pm]: I rise to make some comments about what is happening with the men’s sheds movement at the moment, particularly the uncertainty being faced by Men’s Sheds of WA, which is the peak body in Western Australia that oversees what is happening with the men’s sheds. The concerns are that they seem to be falling through the cracks in the issuing of funding. At the moment it is guaranteed only until the end of the year, which will be a problem.
