Legislative Council: Tuesday, August 24, 2021

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Whitmore Square Soup Kitchen

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (15:22): My question is to the Minister for Human Services regarding homelessness. Exactly what immunity or indemnity does your chief executive have from any legal costs or legal matters that arise from her alleged attempt to close a soup kitchen for the homeless?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:22): I am a bit sort of bewildered and befuddled by this line of questioning, because, quite frankly—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —it is just bizarre, it is really bizarre. I have already outlined that the Labor Party have, in the way they are putting these questions, not got the facts correct at all, so how can someone need indemnity in relation to something they haven't done? I am not even sure how to answer that question—I might phone a friend, Mr President.

The PRESIDENT: Supplementary, the deputy leader.