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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-02-18" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Public Housing</name>
      <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000090">
        <heading>Public Housing</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2020-02-18">
            <name>Public Housing</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-02-18T14:29:21" />
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000091">
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:29):</by>  Further supplementary arising from the original answer: can the minister assure the chamber that this woman will not be evicted into homelessness?</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>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-02-18">
            <name>Public Housing</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2020-02-18T14:29:31" />
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000092">
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:29):</by>  I have already responded to this, and that is to say—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000094">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  And that is to say—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000096">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! Do you want an answer or not?</text>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000097">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000098">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! 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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000099">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I have listened to the honourable member's questions in silence. I would appreciate a little bit of courtesy—</text>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000100">
          <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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000101">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —a little bit of courtesy—</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000102">
          <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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000103">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —without constantly being interrupted.</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>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000105">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000106">
          <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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000107">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I'm sorry. What was that, Russell?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000108">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I'm sorry. I never heard that.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. Wortley</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000109">
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. Wortley:</by>  What we'd like you to do is answer the question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="91" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  No, no, no—</text>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000111">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000112">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! Order! 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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000113">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  What did you just say?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000114">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, finish your answer, please, in silence.</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="202002183f70c6ff71e34efb90000115">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  My understanding is that the South Australian Civil and Administrative Tribunal does not have a practice of evicting people into homelessness. There are alternatives. There are circumstances where this can be the enforcement of somebody's tenancy agreement, and some alternative is indeed being found. But without having those facts before me, I will need to take the question on notice and bring back a response. I have tried to outline the policies. They are what they are, and they are compassionate.</text>
      </talker>
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