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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-11-26T14:15:00+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="2024-11-28T12:10:33+10:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Immigration Policy</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Immigration Policy</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.L. GAME</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2024-11-26T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Immigration Policy</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001927">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="6929" referenceid="53ca1cd2e19847a59766892bec169fa3">the Hon. S.L. GAME </by>().20 March 2024).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <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>
          </portfolio>
          <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="2024-11-26T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Immigration Policy</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>  </inserted>
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          <inserted>I have been advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001930">
          <inserted>The federal government has responsibility for immigration. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001931">
          <inserted>The state government has released its housing road map that includes the largest ever land release to provide a pipeline of land for housing, to help more South Australians into their own home sooner. </inserted>
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          <inserted>These measures include:</inserted>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001933">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Abolished stamp duty for eligible first-home buyers</inserted>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001934">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Investing $1.25 billion infrastructure to support more homes</inserted>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001935">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Fast-tracking planning approvals, to help build homes faster</inserted>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001936">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Training more workers to build more homes</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001937">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Modernising and upgrading thousands of public homes, to unlock opportunities for people who need housing security</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="20241126df3b9fa8e34b41b290001938">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>We've also stopped the sell off of hundreds of public housing properties and building more. </inserted>
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          <inserted>This is in addition to delivering the largest ever cost-of-living package for South Australians, targeted to those on fixed and low incomes who need it most.</inserted>
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