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

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (15:00): Can the minister tell me exactly how much expenditure the authority has been granted by the Treasurer for the $600 million equity injection?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:00): I was referring to the 2019-20 budget, which was the up-front grant. What that does is give the authority funding certainty. There is a range of programs in terms of what it does—maintenance, a whole range of programs. If you want to use the analogy of pouring a bucket of water into a swimming pool and trying to pull the same bucket of water out at the end, that is a very difficult thing to do because there are a lot of ins and outs—grants from NAHA, land tax, a whole range of ins and outs.

So in terms of the exact details that the member is asking, I think it is some sort of technical accounting issue which I don't think there is an exact answer to. However, obviously the strategy that we released late last year is something that has the approval of cabinet.

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