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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-05-30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Housing Research Program</name>
      <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000159">
        <heading>Housing Research Program</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-05-30">
            <name>Housing Research Program</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2018-05-30T14:54:45" />
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000160">
          <timeStamp time="2018-05-30T14:54:45" />
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:54):</by>  Further supplementary: when was the minister's office or staff aware of these allegations or of the Victorian investigation, and when did they advise the minister?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Human Services</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-05-30">
            <name>Housing Research Program</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2018-05-30T14:54:58" />
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000161">
          <timeStamp time="2018-05-30T14:54:58" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:54):</by>  I stand by my comments that I was unaware of these allegations until they were raised in question time.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000162">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  It's the cover-up that gets you, Michelle; it's the cover-up that gets you. I'd be honest about this.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000163">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order, the Leader of the Opposition! We don't need commentary.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000164">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I have received since a whole range of information and I am absolutely convinced, as is every other state and territory government in Australia, that the allegations that have been raised are false and besmirch—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000165">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  You know we can FOI this.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000166">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000167">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —an organisation that the former state Labor government was quite happy to be associated with and conveniently forgot that it was involved with.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20180530b4e791882eb24a8f80000168">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Is this a further supplementary?</text>
      </talker>
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