Whitmore Square Soup Kitchen

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:10): Further supplementary: when was the minister informed that her chief executive was having discussions with the soup kitchen referred to in the ABC report on Sunday night?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:10): My chief executive told me that she had had a discussion. I can't recall exactly when it was but it was certainly well before the item went to air on Sunday. She keeps me very well briefed on anything that she thinks might be of particular interest, and my view is that I knew her version of the events well before it was aired publicly.