Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The short answer is that we have been evicted from those premises. That is the short answer. What we can say, though, is that, unlike the information in your question, we have already advised the customers about the alternative service arrangements in Adelaide. We have been proactive in ensuring that no customer will lose out on any service. We have been ensuring that we can continue to provide the Centrelink services throughout the Adelaide CBD. They are the issues that Centrelink has been proactively dealing with. Why? Centrelink is out there actively engaging with the community, making sure that it does the hard work with the community and providing assistance to those in need within the community. You should do your homework in respect of this. This is about ensuring we have continuity of service for those customers. Centrelink found itself in that position and, rather than sit on its haunches, it went out and did some proactive work. (Time expired)