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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-11-01T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:36:41+09:30" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Rental Affordability</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Rental Affordability</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-11-01T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Rental Affordability</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">the Hon. R.A. SIMMS </by>().28 September 2022).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2022-11-01T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Rental Affordability</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>If a tenant or prospective tenant considers that they have been discriminated against on the basis of any one or more of the grounds set out in the Equal Opportunity Act 1983, they can lodge a complaint with the Office of the Commissioner for Equal Opportunity who will assess and, where applicable, conduct a conciliation process. </inserted>
        </text>
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          <inserted>For discrimination on grounds outside of the Equal Opportunity Act, there are advocacy services such as RentRight, which is free and independent, and provide support when applying for a lease, and can assist prospective tenants with accessing legal and other services as required.</inserted>
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