Speakers: Hon Jenny McAllister, Ellie Whiteaker, Gabriela Pulczynski, Senator Penny Allman-Payne, Unknown Speaker

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Ellie Whiteaker

Thank you for uh your patience. Hopefully on a little bit longer. Um, we have Senator Ullman Payne on video conference who has some questions. So over to you for your benefit, Senator Ullman Payne. We've got the department with the relevant officials for outcome for, as well as the NDIA and the Quality and Safeguards Commission all together, so you can direct your questions to any and all of them.

Senator Penny Allman-Payne

So I might just ask them, and Mr. Comley, if you can, or the minister, you can let me know who's best to answer. So my first um few questions are around thriving kids. Okay, thank you. Um, my first question is, are there any thriving kids services set up yet?

Gabriela Pulczynski

first Assistant Secretary from the Thriving Kids Task Force. Yes, on the first of October, the phased rollout of Thriving Kids commenced across the country. That included a range of services that are available nationally, including the Thriving Kids Autism Help Line that provides autism specific information, guidance and connections to relevant supports and services.

Hon Jenny McAllister

In Queensland is as it is everywhere else in the country. I mean, we I think communities in Queensland do expect their government to roll these services out. Financial resources have been made available from the Commonwealth for these services to be stood up. It's also the case that the Queensland government signed an agreement with the Australian government around hospital resourcing and the NDIS. We do expect the Queensland government to progress this.