Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-06-23 Daily Xml

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Hove Level Crossing

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): Supplementary: minister, are you really telling this chamber and people who are affected that no-one was evicted? Is that really what you are saying?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:25): That is correct, because these are not processes that went through SACAT. If you want to talk about eviction, that is a formal process—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —through SACAT. This is a relocation process, where the South Australian government thought in good faith that there was going to be a—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: —use for that land that meant that people needed to be relocated and that those properties would have to make way for that. We undertook that in good faith, and now we are offering the best opportunities possible to those tenants.

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: Final supplementary on this, sir.

The PRESIDENT: I have a supplementary from the Hon. Ms Franks. I will go to her first.