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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-11-17" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Homelessness Sector Reform</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Homelessness Sector Reform</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4867" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.T. NGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-11-17">
            <name>Homelessness Sector Reform</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000646">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4867">the Hon. T.T. NGO </by>(14 October 2020).  </inserted>
        </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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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-11-17">
            <name>Homelessness Sector Reform</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000647">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000648">
          <inserted>To ensure that all organisations are adequately prepared in advance of the release of the tender, SA Housing Authority has provided indicative time lines for the specialist homelessness services reforms procurement process to the specialist homelessness services sector.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000649">
          <inserted>Consistent with probity advice, indicative time lines were provided on:</inserted>
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            <inserted>3 September 2020 at the sector reference group meeting, which comprised representatives of each client cohort and across metropolitan and country areas</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000651">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>11 September 2020 through a communique to all specialist homelessness services</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20201117c24d247f808644c3a0000652">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>13 October 2020 at a briefing workshop for all specialist homelessness services.</inserted>
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        </text>
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          <inserted>When the time lines are finalised, all specialist homelessness services will be notified of key dates at the same time.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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