Community Centres SA

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:54): If the minister doesn't believe in having formal meetings with peak bodies, will she be having a quick snag catch-up with the CEO of Community Centres SA, or has she had a formal meeting with them?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:54): I don't accept the characterisation of what the honourable member has just stated. I never said that I would replace formal meetings with these—

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Have you had a formal meeting or not?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I have a whole range of formal meetings. I mean, she can be a busy person, too, so we try to coordinate our diaries.

The PRESIDENT: Minister, respond to the Hon. Ian Hunter's question, not the informal ones from the Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: I bet you there's one put in the diary in the next couple of days.

The PRESIDENT: Leader of the Opposition!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: When I saw Ms O'Loughlin last week, we did discuss that we needed to have a meeting, but she wasn't in any particular hurry. However, I have met with her this year, so I am not quite sure what the honourable member is getting at: that, unless I have meetings every two weeks with every single stakeholder, I am being negligent in my duty? I would certainly hope that's not his suggestion because I do have regular meetings with the stakeholders and, as I have said, there are times when people seek to meet with you when it can be just solved with phone calls.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Franks.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Let the Hon. Ms Franks ask her question in silence.