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  <date date="2008-02-27" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Second Session (51-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>WorkCover Corporation</name>
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        <heading>WORKCOVER CORPORATION</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2008-02-27">
            <name>WORKCOVER CORPORATION</name>
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        <startTime time="2008-02-27T14:56:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:56):</by>  My question is again to the Premier. On what advice did WorkCover spend $850,000 on coffee mugs, stress toys and show bags as a means of improving the corporation's performance?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="636" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Finance</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Government Enterprises</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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          <question date="2008-02-27">
            <name>WORKCOVER CORPORATION</name>
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          <by role="member" id="636">The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT (Lee—Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Finance, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:57):</by>  The honourable member having asked a question of that type, I will get that detail for him. If those figures are correct, we will find that out.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="56">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="636">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="636">The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT:</by>  To the best of my knowledge, I have not had that figure put to me before today.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="56">Members interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20080227dbd3f4fcb923494a80000525">
          <by role="member" id="627">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="636">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20080227dbd3f4fcb923494a80000526">
          <by role="member" id="636">The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT:</by>  Asking a question about coffee mugs, stickers, what Sandra De Poi is doing, and so forth—what a shallow performance!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="526" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. P.F. Conlon</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="526">The Hon. P.F. Conlon:</by>  Did your brains trust get together on that?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20080227dbd3f4fcb923494a80000528">
          <by role="member" id="627">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="56">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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