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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2016-07-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Highgate Park Disability Services</name>
      <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000498">
        <heading>Highgate Park Disability Services</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4364" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.L. VINCENT</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-07-05">
            <name>Highgate Park Disability Services</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2016-07-05T15:31:25" />
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000499">
          <timeStamp time="2016-07-05T15:31:25" />
          <by role="member" id="4364">The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:31):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking questions of the minister, representing the Minister for Disabilities, regarding the future of Highgate Park.</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000500">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
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        <name>The Hon. K.L. VINCENT</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000501">
          <by role="member" id="4364">The Hon. K.L. VINCENT:</by>  It has come to my attention that the Minister for Disabilities attended a meeting with families of people living at Highgate Park on 4 May this year. I understand that during that meeting the minister discussed the rollout of the NDIS and the future of residents at Highgate Park; that is, the future of Highgate Park as a facility itself. My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000502">1.&amp;#x9;What case management services will be provided to the residents and their families at Highgate Park as they transition to the NDIS in the coming years?</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000503">2.&amp;#x9;Why did the minister and the department state that adults in eastern Adelaide would not begin rolling out for some time yet, so planning was not yet necessary?</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000504">3.&amp;#x9;What certainty can be given that accommodation at Highgate Park for residents will be available, and at what point will the department decide it is no longer economically viable?</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000505">4.&amp;#x9;Is the minister saying that accommodation at Highgate Park would continue with only two residents living there?</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000506">5.&amp;#x9;Why are only 100 homes of the 'One Thousand Homes in 1000 Days' project being built to be accessible to people with disabilities, when making all 1,000 homes base-level accessible would be cost negligible?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety</electorate>
        <startTime time="2016-07-05T15:33:20" />
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000507">
          <timeStamp time="2016-07-05T15:33:20" />
          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:33):</by>  I thank the honourable member for the question. Naturally, I will have to refer the question to the responsible minister in the other place for a response to her specific questions. With regard to the park that she refers to, unfortunately I do not have the information at hand to be able to respond immediately, but I am more than happy to take the question on notice and make sure that we try to get a response back as expeditiously as possible.</text>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000508">Apart from that, I also mention, of course, that the Minister for Disabilities, I know, has a great interest in making sure that all South Australians, including those people with a disability, should be able to get access to basic services, including reasonable access to parks, but I am sure she will be able to provide an absolute—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4364" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.L. Vincent</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000509">
          <by role="member" id="4364">The Hon. K.L. Vincent:</by>  It is not a park, it is a residential facility. It is a home called Highgate Park.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2016070539ee9c8d8992444290000510">
          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS:</by>  I am more than happy to make sure that the honourable member gets a response back from the minister as quickly as possible.</text>
      </talker>
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