Grandparents for Grandchildren SA

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:59): Supplementary: given that Grandparents for Grandchildren has been told that they are not receiving any more funding—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Ms STINSON: —what assistance will the minister provide to them?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General) (14:59): I appreciate that the member may want to raise these issues, and they are quite reasonable things to raise.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left, order!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: What is not acceptable is insistence that there is going to be a commitment outside of the budget process. That is not the way that we operate. What needs to be clear—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —is if statements have been made from Treasury—I don't know about that—to this organisation—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —then that is a matter that I would invite her to present to me.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: In the meantime, I would urge her, if she wishes to assist this organisation, either to have them contact our office or advise them—

Ms Stinson: They have contacted your office six times.

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: Well, the member might talk about 'six times', but the reality is that this group has actually had the benefit of a meeting—I thought a very productive and fruitful meeting. I agree with the member: I think they are a worthy organisation who do good work. But they are seeking to secure a different contractual arrangement with the government, and that's now a new government. That is a process that goes through a tender. That is one thing.

In the meantime, they are an organisation that does receive funding from other sources. They are seeking to have some support outside of that, from what the member says, and I assume that is continuing, so I urge her to assist by ensuring that they are referred to the Treasury department.