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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-08-29T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Energy Bill Relief Rebate</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Energy Bill Relief Rebate</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-08-29T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="288">
            <name>Energy Bill Relief Rebate</name>
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          <inserted>288 <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO </by>().6 July 2023).  Can the Minister for Human Services advise:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;How many households have applied for the energy bill relief rebate? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202308299d78309102e8408490000833">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How many households have been approved for the energy bill relief rebate? </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202308299d78309102e8408490000834">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;How many households have received the rebate for energy bill relief?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2023-08-29T04:45:00+09:30" qonNum="288">
            <name>Energy Bill Relief Rebate</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries):</by>  The Minister for Human Services has advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="202308299d78309102e8408490000836">
          <inserted>Energy bill relief rebates will commence from July 2023 and will be received quarterly with households to receive up to $500 over 12 months.</inserted>
        </text>
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          <inserted>Around 200,000 current recipients of the state government energy concession will receive the $125 rebate on their quarterly bills from July 2023. DHS will also be responsible for processing energy bill relief payments to approximately 2,800 current eligible customers in embedded networks.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="202308299d78309102e8408490000838">
          <inserted>Eligibility criteria for this payment extends beyond the state government energy concession. It is estimated up to 229,000 additional households may be eligible who will be contacted by commonwealth agencies in July 2023 and September 2023 prior to the application of rebates. </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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