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. I.K. HUNTER Legislative Council National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:36): Thank you, Mr President. I'll pay for that later. My supplementary question to the minister is: by what mechanism is the commonwealth continuing the funding and making it available to the state without there being a signed agreement? 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) (14:36): Perhaps the honourable member's memory of how these things operate has evaporated since he took the opposition benches. We have funding available at state level that we are utilising. The Hon. I.K. Hunter Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. Hunter: So it is not commonwealth funding now? The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: It is not commonwealth funding. The Hon. I.K. Hunter Legislative Council The Hon. I.K. Hunter: It is not commonwealth funding. The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Correct. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister, through me. Leader of the Opposition, do you wish another supplementary? The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: No, no; she's provided nothing. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Scriven. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Can the minister and the opposition not carry on a private conversation. There are plenty of places outside this chamber. The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister! Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister, don't try my patience. Leader of the Opposition, silence. You are showing gross disrespect to one of your frontbenchers.