Contents
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Commencement
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Bills
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Parliamentary Committees
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Question Time
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Personal Explanation
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Ministerial Statement
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Bills
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Motions
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Resolutions
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Bills
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Motions
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Adjournment Debate
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Resolutions
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Bills
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Answers to Questions
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Strathmont Pool
The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:37): Supplementary: if the minister is suggesting that our actions are undermining the safety of clients, therefore wouldn't your own colleague be undermining the safety of clients?
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:37): In the context of what I said, it is undermining the work of the Department of Human Services, which has been working for—
The Hon. E.S. Bourke interjecting:
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: No, what I'm talking about, if I am allowed to answer this—
Members interjecting:
The PRESIDENT: Order! The minister deserves to be heard in silence.
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: My department has been working with the user groups for months and months and months on finding alternatives. Specific members of the Labor Party—I will name them: the member for West Torrens, the member for Hurtle Vale—have undermined the good work of the Department of Human Services.
Members interjecting:
The PRESIDENT: Order!
The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: The best interests of the children and all the people with disabilities who use the Strathmont pool is for those alternatives to be provided, which is what the department has been working towards, and that is my only interest in this debate.