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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Cabinet Ministers</name>
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        <heading>CABINET MINISTERS</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="631" kind="question">
        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Waite</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>CABINET MINISTERS</name>
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          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17):</by>  My question is again to the Premier. Who are the 'duds' described by Labor members of parliament in the Premier's cabinet line-up? Do they include Gail Gago MLC, Carmel Zollo MLC, the member for Lee and the member for Croydon? In light of backbench dissent within his government, will the Premier rule out a further cabinet reshuffle before March 2010? A Labor member of parliament stated publicly on 24 October 2008 that:</text>
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          <inserted>Everyone knows there are duds in the cabinet. I don't have to tell you that the rest of cabinet knows it, stakeholders and the media know it, heads of departments know it.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="200810280540d485ecf844f4a0000356">The written account then names four members of parliament identified by their Labor members of parliament colleagues as duds.</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! The Premier has the call.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="634" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Ramsay</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (14:19):</by>  I find it extraordinary, because during the time that I have been leader of the Labor Party there have been five Liberal leaders. It is like a hurdy-gurdy over there. Of course, when the Liberals talk about loyalty—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="56">Members 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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      <talker role="member" id="634">
        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN:</by>  —we all remember that moment, as Rob Kerin and Iain Evans would remember, when the Leader of the Opposition said 'I'm right behind you, Rob' and 'I'm right behind you, Iain.' I have seen off quite a few Liberal leaders and I expect to see this one off as well.</text>
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