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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-03-20" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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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>Transport Subsidy Scheme</name>
      <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000076">
        <heading>Transport Subsidy Scheme</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2019-03-20">
            <name>Transport Subsidy Scheme</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-20T14:29:49" />
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000077">
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:29):</by>  A supplementary arising from the original answer and the minister's assertion that there is little she is responsible for in this area.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000078">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Leader of the Opposition, supplementaries are not for insertion of political rhetoric.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000079">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Thank you, Mr President. The supplementary is: what aspect of support for South Australians living with a disability does the minister have responsibility for then? What is your job?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000080">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No, you have asked a question, Leader of the Opposition. Minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <startTime time="2019-03-20T14:30:19" />
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000081">
          <timeStamp time="2019-03-20T14:30:19" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:30):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his supplementary because it gives me an opportunity to outline a range of things that the South Australian government is doing for people with disability.</text>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000082">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="599">
        <name>The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000083">
          <by role="member" id="599">The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS:</by>  Point of order, Mr President: I have been pretty patient. I sit right behind the minister, and for a series of questions and supplementaries I have had great difficulty in hearing her. I would like to hear her answer.</text>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000084">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000085">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, if you wish to go on with your answer, you may. Can the opposition benches show some restraint?</text>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000086">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000087">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Mr Dawkins is having trouble hearing, as am I. I would like to hear the minister's answer.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. Hunter</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000088">
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. Hunter:</by>  That's because she's said nothing.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000089">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hunter, you are not assisting me in any way, shape or form. Minister.</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="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000090">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Thank you, Mr President. So—</text>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000091">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="2909" />
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000092">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hunter, please!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. Hunter</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000093">
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. Hunter:</by>  What are you doing for people with a disability who are going to be short-changed?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000094">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  This is an opportunity for you to listen to the minister's answer.</text>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000095">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190320ad00c4ebf31d4294a0000096">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, there is no point. Sit down. The Hon. Mr Hunter! The Hon. Mr Hood.</text>
      </talker>
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