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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-02-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
      <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000043">
        <heading>Minda Incorporated</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-02-28">
            <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
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        </questions>
        <startTime time="2019-02-28T14:22:46" />
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000044">
          <timeStamp time="2019-02-28T14:22:46" />
          <by role="member" id="5412">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:22):</by>  A supplementary arising out of the original answer—thank you, Mr President—noting that the minister has again refused to back the board. Why hasn't the minister, then, met with David Holst or Dr Susan Neuhaus to discuss these matters? </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-02-28">
            <name>Minda Incorporated</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-02-28T14:23:02" />
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000045">
          <timeStamp time="2019-02-28T14:23:02" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:23):</by>  I am not sure whether the honourable member was listening to question time yesterday when I stated that I had met with Susan Neuhaus and the acting CE of the board. I can only assume that these questions are written for her by someone else who equally doesn't scrutinise <term>Hansard</term> or understand what is going on. I said yesterday that the reforms that Susan Neuhaus as board chair is undertaking is something that I completely support.</text>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000046">It is a very dangerous game that the Labor Party is playing. If they are genuinely concerned for the residents and clients, the volunteers, the workers, the reputation of Minda, they would not raise things in this context. They would support every effort, which is to ensure that quality care is being delivered—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="2797" />
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000048">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! I cannot hear the minister. Order! Minister.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000049">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —rather than raising these issues in some cheap political pointscoring exercise.</text>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000050">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000051">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Well, members opposite do not understand governance arrangements, and we see that constantly.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>Members interjecting</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000052">
          <by role="office">Members interjecting:</by>
        </text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000053">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000054">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  This comes from the party that was responsible for Oakden, where ministers failed to understand and take their responsibilities seriously. The Marshall Liberal government and cabinet members do—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. Hunter</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000055">
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. Hunter:</by>  You haven't evidenced it. What have you done?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190228f0d15ff7fec640b790000056">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —and we are assiduous in undertaking our—I have already outlined it for you, you bozo. I mean, what is wrong with these people? Are they hard of hearing?</text>
      </talker>
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