Legislative Council: Tuesday, September 12, 2023

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Operation Paragon

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (15:08): Supplementary: does the minister have any data at all about returning people to country?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:08): I don't have data about return to country programs. There are many who prefer return to community rather than return to country, but I can see what data is available. I know it is a program that has been running under a number of governments, including under the previous Liberal government, to help people return to communities, often in the north of the state, when they find themselves in Adelaide and without the means to return home.