Senate Community Affairs Legislation Committee, , 7:27:41 to 7:30:43
Details on the contract costs for the Thriving Kids website and the national autism helpline over a five-year period.
Topics: Social services, Government spending
Speakers: Gabriela Pulczynski, Chris Gatenby, Ellie Whiteaker, Hon Anne Ruston, Hon Jenny McAllister
Um in terms of the who designed delivered the website and how much did it cost?
Just a moment. So the website is being um delivered by the raising children's network. They're a um uh demonstrated um and um reputable provider if we're in relation to um similar information for families and children. Um and that is going to be costing um nine point six um six million dollars over five years.
Sorry, could you just repeat that number?
9.66 million over five years.
Over five years. Okay. Um and you mentioned the autism helpline for in the previous answer. What was the cost of the contract for that?
So that is uh 24.42 million over five years.
And you did mention the call numbers, I believe, before. Um do you have that data by jurisdiction broken down?
I do. Uh I might just a moment.
I wonder, Senator Speaker. If you're happy to, in the interest of time, if we could provide that to you on notice only because we could read it into the HansAd,
or we could Yeah, well, we can get it in the break or something and provide later. That would be that would be fantastic, uh Minister. Um I think that's probably my questions, Chair.
Um I'm just seeking um your sense from you, whether we go to a break and ask these witnesses back at the conclusion of the break.
Why don't you come back? Um I'm I'll hope to have it um done in half an hour after the break. But if that I'm sure the minister's probably got things she has to do in the break.
I mean I'm happy to stay. Like I if we are very close to conclusion.
Yeah, I just don't think I'm going to finish in 10 minutes, but I'll certainly try and get it done by quarter two.
If you're happy to do that, I'm happy to do that, but I'm in I'm in the witnesses' hands. If people would like a break, I'm happy to break.
Senator Ruston, may I ask whether your questions relate unlikely to relate to the quality and safeguard Commissioner? Because I understand that Senior officials in that.
In terms of the Quality and Safe House Commissioner, I'm just having a look. I think there's probably absolutely no reason why they can't be put on notice.
Okay. Thank you. Happy to release the Quality and Safeguards Commission. Thank you very much for being here. Alright. And then otherwise, should we push ahead? Okay, let's continue. Over to you, Senator.