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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="202002188d6836949f1b4e8b80000116">
        <heading>Public Housing</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2020-02-18">
            <name>Public Housing</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-02-18T14:30:43" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30):</by>  Supplementary arising from the original answer, where the minister doubted the circumstances that were being put forward in this chamber. My supplementary question is: does the minister understand just how demeaning it is to question people's situation in life when they are potentially facing homelessness in these situations?</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202002188d6836949f1b4e8b80000118">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, I think that is drawing a long bow. You can answer it if you wish.</text>
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      <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>
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        <startTime time="2020-02-18T14:31:07" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:31):</by>  I would be delighted to answer that question, Mr President. I don't doubt individual circumstances. What I do doubt is the Australian Labor Party. We had the deputy leader of the Labor Party come in here who had fabricated an entire story.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I have outlined the policies of the Housing Trust. I have outlined the procedures of SACAT. The Labor Party is alleging something else. I think it is incumbent on every South Australian at all times to check their fingers when they shake the hands of a Labor politician and to always check whatever it is they say, because we know that they are often two very different things.</text>
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