Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee (part 2 of 2)

30 July 2026

Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee Australian Parliament

00:00 - 00:02
Speaker 9
And and and what you're seeing as well? 
00:04 - 00:32
Speaker 13
Well, Queensland alone, we've got our islands and we've got the Torres Strait, which is different again, senator.  And I think the...  Always there's an argument with the agency around, you know, you've got to be...  The agency has to be person centric.  We fail to see that in those considerations of who is the carer and what is reasonable. 
00:32 - 00:33
Yeah. 
00:33 - 01:07
Speaker 13
And as a woman who's with a disability, we have our...  We have women's business, men's business.  But they've got an agency, a government that doesn't respect cultural protocols, doesn't consider what is reasonable for a carer culturally.  And I've seen this firsthand.  And just full disclosure, I I also work at the agency myself and I would have the same argument. 

The rest of the transcript is for Pro customers

Unlock the full transcript, chat, and every analysis feature with Polyfact Pro.

The video itself stays free to watch, in full, no account needed.

Start a free trial