Commending Kirinari Community Services for delivering essential support to vulnerable people in regional NSW

Today in Parliament, Abigail passed a motion recognising the vital role of Kirinari Community Services in supporting people with complex needs in regional NSW, highlighting the urgent need for the Government to address critical gaps in regional service delivery.

Abigail said:

I move:

(1) That this House notes that:

Kirinari Community Services is a regionally based not-for-profit provider supporting individuals with complex needs living in regional Australia, through specialist services including disability, community housing, aged care, veterans services, out of home care, transport and health. Almost 90 percent of Kirinari’s services are in regional NSW, including in the Central West, Riverina Murray, Blue Mountains, New England North West and Mid North Coast regions,
Kirinari operates as a provider of last resort for people with disability, many of whom have lost or are at risk of losing accommodation or services, or have been turned away from existing services and have nowhere else to go, oftentimes having been admitted into hospital emergency departments before engaging with Kirinari’s services,
people with disability in regional and remote areas face unique and disproportionate barriers to accessing essential supports and services, with a historic lack of culturally appropriate, available and specialist services outside metropolitan areas, and
the Disability Royal Commission called for the urgent establishment of a co-designed provider of last resort scheme to address the unique barriers to service delivery in areas where there are no suitable providers or mainstream services available, particularly for First Nations people with disability, people in crisis situations, people at risk of losing their accommodation and disability services, people whose needs cannot be adequately met by existing services and people who are at heightened risk of violence, abuse, neglect or exploitation.

(2) That this House commends the work of Kirinari Community Services in supporting vulnerable individuals in regional communities and advocating for equitable, appropriate and sustainable access to essential services for all people.

(3) That this House calls on the NSW Government to take direct action to address the significant, chronic and unsustainable gaps in regional service delivery by working with other levels of government and affected communities.

Motion agreed to.

Read the full transcript in Hansard here.

18 February 2025

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