Supported Accommodation

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): Supplementary: would it surprise the minister if TACSI were only engaging with 24 people who accessed supported accommodation, even if it was an initial consultation? Would it surprise the minister that the sample would be that few when almost 600 people are affected?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:25): No, it doesn't because it is the design phase. We are taking a sample size to enable us to inform how we engage with the entire population group, if you like, to look at the issues in detail, so that, rather than hypothetically sending out 500 surveys and finding that we haven't designed the right questions to start with, you engage in a very detailed process with a sample size so that you try to ensure that you get the questions that you then ask people so that we are not going through different rounds of consultations because we didn't get the questions right in the first place.