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Member for Reynell

Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:05): My question is to the Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion. Did the now member for Reynell, prior to entering this parliament, play any role in the government grant process with Community Centres SA's Together SA project?

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay—Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Multicultural Affairs, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (15:05): I thank the member for Unley for his question. Your accusations about the member for Reynell and Together SA are baseless. With almost 20 years' experience, the member for Reynell is widely respected in the community sector and that is why she was chosen by the board.

Mr PISONI: Point of order, sir: the minister is entering debate. I have asked a question about whether the member for Reynell, prior to entering the parliament, played any role in the grant process for Community Centres SA.

The SPEAKER: I will listen carefully to the minister. Minister.

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON: As the member for Reynell was the CE of Together SA for seven months, and they received an establishment grant in June 2013 to support the advancement of collective impact, perhaps I can talk a little bit about the board and the involvement. We can see that the founding partners of the board include Anglicare SA, the Community Business Bureau, Community Centres SA, Junction Australia, Lutheran Community Care, SA Unions, UnitingCare Wesley Bowden, UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide, Uniting Communities, Volunteering SA&NT and the Wyatt foundation.

The collective impact brings together community and other partners such as government, non-government and philanthropic organisations to develop a joint approach to solving a problem through agreed actions. The partners in the collective impact project start with a common understanding about the problem and a shared vision for change. Together SA instigated a 90-day project, Joining Together to Improve Social Wellbeing for Young Children, based on the state government's Every Chance for Every Child process. The project identified ways to support and strengthen families and children and inform the government's understanding of how agents can better participate in collective impact processes.

Together SA founding partners established a working group and are now overseen by acting CEO, Kate Simpson. In relation to the member for Reynell, she was the CE of Together SA for six months as a six-month contract. Together SA emerged from the work of Community Centres SA, which was a peak body for 107 community centres, and over the past three years they have been introducing Results Based Accountability to the sector—namely, the collective impact process.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I call the Treasurer to order.

The Hon. Z.L. BETTISON: In regard to any specific grants that were given out at that time, I do not have those details.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary, member for Unley.

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