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Legislative Council - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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DISABILITY SERVICES

The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:37): As a supplementary, in relation to the minister's comments in his original answer, that an estimated 252 people will be housed under the program, I ask: is the government committed to ensuring that the proportion of people housed beyond metropolitan South Australia will be in accord with the proportion of the South Australian population that resides beyond metropolitan Adelaide?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion, Minister for Social Housing, Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers) (14:38): That would be a very silly basis on which to allocate need to people with disability—

The Hon. S.G. Wade: What, people living where they want to?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: It is not about letting them live where they want to; it is about actually allocating accommodation services to people where they are and where they—

The Hon. S.G. Wade: That's the point.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Well, no, it is not the point if you go back to your original question, Mr Wade. It is about actually applying accommodation services to those people on the basis of their needs, their personal needs.

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