Professor Michelle Norris:

Capital funding has fallen, which we acknowledge in the report, and we believe it should be increased. The Senator is correct that the key problem, however, is with the drawdown of capital funding for the construction or refurbishment of the dwellings. There is not so much revenue funding for these activities, compared with what is available on the consultation side of it. We felt that a relatively small amount of funding to support CENA, the organisation we identified that is already doing this activity, could help a great deal.