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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-12-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Riverland Community Legal Services Program</name>
      <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000760">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Riverland Community Legal Services Program</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="83">
            <name>Riverland Community Legal Services Program</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000761">
          <inserted>83 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000762">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How is the $150,000 provided for the Riverland Community Legal Services program being allocated?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000763">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How much is being provided for staffing and how much is being provided for office accommodation and administration?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000764">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Who is the Attorney-General partnering with to deliver the service?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000765">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Are they receiving the full amount of funding?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000766">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;Where will the office be located?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000767">
          <inserted>6.&amp;#x9;Where was the funding for this initiative reallocated from?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Treasurer</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="83">
            <name>Riverland Community Legal Services Program</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000768">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  The Attorney-General has provided the following advice:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000769">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;The funding for a full-time community legal service in the Riverland has been allocated as part of a direct negotiation process with an existing provider in the region. </inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="2381" />
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000770">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Approximately 50% of funds will be allocated to staffing in the region. The remainder of the funding will be allocated towards office accommodation and administration. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000771">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Refer to 1.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000772">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;This detail will be made public in due course.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000773">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;The Riverland Community Justice Centre will be located in Berri. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20181204da6a47204c894e55b0000774">
          <inserted>6.&amp;#x9;$150,000 was provided for as part of the setting of the AGD budget for 2018-19.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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