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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Disability Services

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:38): A further supplementary: why doesn't the minister treat it with more urgency, and will the minister accept responsibility for any more deaths or injuries on her watch while she is failing to act and get this changed?

The PRESIDENT: Minister for Human Services, I'm not sure that is a supplementary question.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:38): I am tempted to answer, Mr President.

The PRESIDENT: It can be your call.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: I find the imputations of the deputy leader repugnant, and I think the role the Labor Party has played during this whole very sorry and sad time is reprehensible—and I'm not the only one. The tone of that question is so basically political.

The Labor Party thinks everything is all about them. They would like to be the heroes in every situation, they have the answer to everything, but we saw what happened on their watch. We saw the record of ministers who did not take responsibility for things, who dodged and weaved, who blamed their chief of staff, who blamed others. Yet, having taken very rapid action, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition comes in here with a question like that. The Labor Party are going to try to pretend that these pieces of legislation they have come up with—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —which is extending something that was a Liberal Party promise during the election arising out of the horrendous episode of Oakden—that their legislation is some quick fix, as no doubt we will have to deal with the commentary tomorrow—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —their commentary tomorrow on similar issues.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Minister, continue please.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: And beyond a couple of pieces of legislation, they've made no submission as far as I am aware to the task force.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter!

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Dawkins, you're not helping.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: They insulted the work of the task force. I am not aware of any submission they've made to the task force. I am not aware of any new ideas.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: You're the minister and you've done nothing

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: No new ideas.

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: Two years. You sat on your hands for two years.

The PRESIDENT: Order, the Hon. Mr Hunter!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Has the Labor Party considered any other issue in relation to safeguarding?

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: What have you done? 'As soon as practical.' That's all you've had for the last six months.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: All they want to do is play politics and insult people, but I am quite confident that South Australians understand these things better than they do.

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