Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-05-27 Daily Xml

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Aboriginal Housing Strategy

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:53): Further supplementary: as part of this strategy, exactly how many dollars have been set aside for new housing in remote Aboriginal communities?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:54): As I have said to the honourable member, we have identified all the existing funding that we have across—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Members of the opposition will listen to the answer.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: The members opposite—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Leader of the Opposition is out of order.

The Hon. R.P. Wortley: He's outraged.

The PRESIDENT: And so is the Hon. Mr Wortley. The minister has the call.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: The members opposite—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Let the minister get more than two words out before you interject, and you shouldn't interject in any sense. The minister has the call.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: It seems that the leader—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: The Leader of the Opposition has been on the red cordial again over lunch, clearly. Can I just say that this strategy is for Aboriginal people, by Aboriginal people. We consulted very deeply with the people who—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —particularly those people who—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The leader will cease and so will other frontbenchers.

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —have been closely associated with it. I would be very careful if I was the Labor Party in trying to throw mud at this strategy, which has a deep dive into the housing aspirations—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —of South Australian Aboriginal people. Be very careful. Be very careful.