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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-08-24" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Homelessness</name>
      <text id="20210824db3f15d175714a6190000145">
        <heading>Homelessness</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="2021-08-24">
            <name>Homelessness</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-08-24T15:14:39" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:14):</by>  Supplementary: minister, do you consider there have been any failings of this government in providing services for Aboriginal people who are in Adelaide from remote or regional areas?</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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        <questions>
          <question date="2021-08-24">
            <name>Homelessness</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:14):</by>  That's a very broad question. We have been working incredibly hard—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210824db3f15d175714a6190000149">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:  Order!</by>
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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>  We have been working incredibly hard. There is a range of cohorts who come here from various communities who have been in Adelaide, and we have been working to address all of those. I think in the budget we announced that there had been funding provided for some of the women and children to help them return home. Last year, during COVID, for the women and children we provided during that extended period a camp, which was run by Baptist Care. Those are just some of the initiatives that we have been involved in in trying to assist Aboriginal people who are here either for health reasons or for other reasons, to ensure that they are safe.</text>
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