Public Housing

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:32): A further supplementary—

The PRESIDENT: You can try, yes.

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Can the minister confirm that it was actually the Labor government that approved the property condition audit she referred to in her answer?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:32): From 2003 to 2018, that is how long it took for this to be done—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —and Labor had to be dragged kicking and screaming to do it. They had to be named—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I can't hear the minister.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —named and shamed by the Auditor-General—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Leader of the Opposition is out of order.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: They had to be named and shamed—

An honourable member interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —named and shamed by the Auditor-General in order to identify that they need to look after these assets and actually know—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —what sort of condition they were in at all.