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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Red Cross Transport Service</name>
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        <heading>Red Cross Transport Service</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5383" referenceid="8d20958c10414e3591302354e69fab31" uid="c7cd08574d8d4a22b00dbeedd243c3e1" kind="question">
        <name>Mr McBRIDE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">MacKillop</electorate>
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          <question date="2025-09-04T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Red Cross Transport Service</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5383" referenceid="8d20958c10414e3591302354e69fab31" uid="c7cd08574d8d4a22b00dbeedd243c3e1">Mr McBRIDE (MacKillop) (15:00):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Human Services and Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well. Could the minister please inform the house what the government intends to do after the Red Cross has withdrawn its transport services due to a lack of volunteers? With your leave, Mr Speaker, and the leave of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="20250904535e87a51135404ea0000510">Leave is granted.</text>
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        <name>Mr McBRIDE</name>
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        <electorate id="">MacKillop</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="5383" referenceid="8d20958c10414e3591302354e69fab31" uid="de413dcc29a5415189a0505a8f8d05b6">Mr McBRIDE:</by>  It is my understanding that the Red Cross has struggled to find volunteers. I have seen the Tailem Bend Community Centre pick up some of the slack by expanding its footprint out of Tailem Bend into Bordertown and further, picking up the shortfall around transport services that the Red Cross used to operate.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. N.F. COOK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hurtle Vale</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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            <name>Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4978" referenceid="368de1362390438688364d1b4dfc2b82" uid="84adb21971d944e2b0dbdc38c8257f1b">The Hon. N.F. COOK (Hurtle Vale—Minister for Human Services, Minister for Seniors and Ageing Well) (15:00):</by>  Thank you very much for the question. The Community Passenger Network, or the CTSA, has been under review and has had an open tender process, which has recently been undertaken. The new program has just commenced only this week and it is fair to say that there have been some challenges for many organisations right across South Australia in delivering some of these services.</text>
        <text id="20250904535e87a51135404ea0000513">In terms of specifics around that particular regional service, I am happy to talk to the member and have a meeting. We have held meetings before in parliament with many of these services, and together we have visited them as well, so I am really happy to meet with the member and provide a full update in regard to that specific challenge that has been undertaken.</text>
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