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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-02-07T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2024-02-08T15:18:08+10:30" />
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    <name>Motions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Residential Tenancies Act Review</name>
      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000776">
        <heading>Residential Tenancies Act Review</heading>
      </text>
      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000777">Adjourned debate on motion of Hon. R.A. Simms:</text>
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        <inserted>That this council—</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000779">
        <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Notes that the state government is undertaking a review of the Residential Tenancies Act.</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000780">
        <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Recognises that the voices of renters should be included in all deliberations.</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000781">
        <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Calls on the Malinauskas government to:</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000782">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(a)&amp;#x9;end no-cause evictions;</inserted>
        </item>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000783">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(b)&amp;#x9;introduce rent capping to protect vulnerable people from unfair rent hikes;</inserted>
        </item>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000784">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(c)&amp;#x9;give renters security and stability through long-term tenancies;</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000785">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(d)&amp;#x9;prohibit 'no pets' clauses in leases;</inserted>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000786">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(e)&amp;#x9;end rent bidding that forces unfair rent increases; and</inserted>
        </item>
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      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000787">
        <item sublevel="2">
          <inserted>(f)&amp;#x9;ensure all homes meet energy efficiency and ventilation standards.</inserted>
        </item>
      </text>
      <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000788">(Continued from 7 September 2022.)</text>
      <talker role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" kind="speech">
        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2024-02-07T17:46:54+10:30" />
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          <timeStamp time="2024-02-07T17:46:54+10:30" />
          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (17:46):</by>  I move:</text>
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          <inserted>That this order of the day be discharged.</inserted>
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        <text id="202402072592d028c79b44aab0000791">Motion carried; order of the day discharged.</text>
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