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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-03-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Housing Safety Authority</name>
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        <heading>Housing Safety Authority</heading>
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      <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="2021-03-04">
            <name>Housing Safety Authority</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-03-04T14:21:57" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:21):</by>  Supplementary arising from the sort of answer: minister, what exactly has happened that provides any help for this elderly couple?</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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          <question date="2021-03-04">
            <name>Housing Safety Authority</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-03-04T14:22:12" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:22):</by>  I understand that they are actually not residing in that particular property now.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  Are they paying rent? For some—</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>  If they are not residing in the property, I presume they are not paying rent for a property they are not living in—is the advice that I have received. They have also been provided with advice about other matters relating to their property and the like. Some of those matters reside with ministers who hold other portfolios. Indeed, we received an email this morning from one member of the couple to thank my office for the assistance they had received.</text>
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