Australian Government provides funding to extend disability agreement
Source: Australia. Minister for Families, Housing, community Services and Indigenous Affairs. Media Release
"The Australian Government will provide over $315 million, to be paid fortnightly in advance, to State and Territory Governments to continue services for people with disability while allowing time for the effective renegotiation of a new disability agreement. The Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs, Jenny Macklin and Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services, Bill Shorten, invited State and Territory Governments to agree to the offer to extend the current Commonwealth-State/Territory Disability Agreement (CSTDA)."The Australian Government has offered to extend the CSTDA for a period of six months to 30 June 2008 while negotiations are progressing and any issues associated with the new disability agreement are being resolved," Ms Macklin said."