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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-02-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Homelessness</name>
      <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000047">
        <heading>Homelessness</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="2021-02-04">
            <name>Homelessness</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-02-04T14:26:32" />
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000048">
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26):</by>  Final supplementary: just to be very clear, minister, does the Housing Trust ever issue eviction proceedings that would result in eviction into homelessness?</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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        <questions>
          <question date="2021-02-04">
            <name>Homelessness</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-02-04T14:26:46" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:26):</by>  It depends on what your definition of homelessness is, because some people do have other opportunities. They can stay with friends and family. So if you are to use the particular instance of antisocial behaviour, then I think in terms of—</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000050">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000051">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hunter!</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="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000052">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —what the public opinion is—for instance, if we are talking about someone, and I am not saying that this has any relationship to this particular case, say somebody is using their Housing Trust property as a meth Labor, those people will be taken to SACAT and evicted. If we are not providing them an alternative property, then they will need to find their own place.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000053">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  'Find their own place', that's what you are saying?</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="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000054">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Yes. Let it be noted—</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000055">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000056">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000057">
          <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="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000058">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition is out of order!</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000059">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000060">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! I am going to ask the minister to conclude and we will move to the next question.</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="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000061">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Let it be noted that the specific example—</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000062">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
        </text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000063">
          <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="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000064">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —that I was referring to was a specific reason for eviction, being that somebody might have a methamphetamine lab in their property. The Labor Party thinks that in that instance those people should not be evicted from their properties. Let that be noted.</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000065">
          <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>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000066">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hunter! Order!</text>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000067">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202102046bcdebd3e03540a4a0000068">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I call the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. Let's move on.</text>
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