Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-05-30 Daily Xml

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Housing Research Program

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:54): Further supplementary: when was the minister's office or staff aware of these allegations or of the Victorian investigation, and when did they advise the minister?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:54): I stand by my comments that I was unaware of these allegations until they were raised in question time.

The Hon. K.J. Maher: It's the cover-up that gets you, Michelle; it's the cover-up that gets you. I'd be honest about this.

The PRESIDENT: Order, the Leader of the Opposition! We don't need commentary.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I have received since a whole range of information and I am absolutely convinced, as is every other state and territory government in Australia, that the allegations that have been raised are false and besmirch—

The Hon. K.J. Maher: You know we can FOI this.

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —an organisation that the former state Labor government was quite happy to be associated with and conveniently forgot that it was involved with.

The PRESIDENT: Is this a further supplementary?