Legislative Council: Thursday, March 04, 2021

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Homelessness

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:51): Supplementary to the original answer: in the individual case that the minister refers to, was there any evidence of this woman running a meth lab or engaging in antisocial behaviour? If not, why does the minister keep slurring her by bringing it up?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:51): The only person who is making inferences is the Leader of the Opposition. As I stated, I say these things, and I will continue to say them. I will continue to repeat myself until the penny drops for the Leader of the Opposition that, when they presented this case, they did not present all of the facts.

I was outlining to them what the reasons are—very genuine reasons on the public record—which the South Australian community fully support. In fact, I receive lots of letters from the Labor Party about antisocial behaviour from properties within their electorates, so I am sure they also appreciate that we have a much stricter antisocial behaviour policy than the Labor Party did. That continues to be the case.

If the Labor Party wants to present false information in here, it should not be surprising that we will need to go and check the facts. We always need to check the facts. We almost need to have a fact checker website for SA Labor because they do this on such a regular basis.