Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-04-28 Daily Xml

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Economic Stimulus Package

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (15:14): Supplementary: when does the minister expect the money to actually get into the accounts of students to pay their rents, food and all that sort of thing?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (15:15): I thank the honourable member for his further supplementary. As I said, we are just finalising the details. We wanted to be out on the front foot to say that we have a package. The institution said that this is the sort of volume of money we needed to have on the table, the $13.8 million. The final details around eligibility are being negotiated with the Department of Human Services and StudyAdelaide. As I said in my previous answer, we hope that next week applications will be able to be placed, and then it will be a matter for the Department of Human Services as to how quickly it can send out that money.