Another group I have mentioned several times in the House although, again, there are no votes in this area, is the mentally ill. Senator Kitt mentioned NGOs which work in this area. I would describe them as charities because if charities such as the Salvation Army and the Simon Community did not step in, there would be even more mentally ill people on the streets. This is a serious problem. We must ask ourselves which comes first, the mental illness or the homelessness. If people have a mental illness it will become much worse while they are out on the streets. If they have been discharged into the community, as we all feel is best, from the mental institutions in which people used to be kept on a long-term basis and they do not have some sort of home, it is extremely difficult for the hard-pressed psychiatric carers within the community to keep an eye on them, encourage them to take their medication and so on. All we find is that they become more seriously ill and must be readmitted for acute care, perhaps having to stay in hospital for some time. If it were not for the charities there would be even more people on the streets.