Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Leader of the Opposition National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): Supplementary arising from the answer: has the minister informed herself, via formal advice from her department, as to the status of these negotiations? The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council Minister for Human Services National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:19): I am fully aware of the status of these arrangements, but I will not be providing an ongoing commentary in the public domain when there are ongoing negotiations. The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: No, I haven't finished. The Leader of the Opposition would be well aware, as would anybody who has ever been involved in any negotiations that are taking place at whatever level—whether it is officer to officer, minister to minister or any other level within government to government arrangements—that you do not provide an ongoing public commentary in the interests of your negotiating position. That would be a foolhardy approach and I don't have anything to add.