Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-11-30 Daily Xml

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APY LANDS, FOOD SECURITY

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (14:58): What are the solutions that the minister has for this incredibly important problem?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:58): These issues are complex ones, as has been noted. I am not in a position, having been here for about 47 days, to give you an answer to that. It is a problem that has bedevilled past governments, Labor and Liberal. These issues have not gone away over—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: —the space of the last 20 years. All of us bear shared responsibility for fixing these issues up. I would hope that the Liberal opposition will join the Labor government in a serious attempt at solving these issues that have bedevilled the lands for many, many years.