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  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Murray River</name>
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        <heading>MURRAY RIVER</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>MURRAY RIVER</name>
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          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (14:52): </by> I have a supplementary question. Given that the Premier has not answered my earlier question about the date, will the Premier guarantee, without qualification, that a constitutional appeal will definitely be launched by him?</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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          <portfolio id="">
            <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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          <question date="2009-03-25">
            <name>MURRAY RIVER</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) (14:52): </by> He wants it to be launched by me. I must say that I am somewhat flattered because I have been a justice of the peace since about 1983. I can promise you this—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="22">Mr Hamilton-Smith interjecting:</event>
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        <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> No, you're the one who plays the games. If you want to call names about my name across the chamber, you will get what you deserve. I will say this to you—because my family goes back into the law annals of British history for centuries—I will put the interests of the state first by taking the advice of the Solicitor-General and the Crown Solicitor, and I will not be personally appearing in the court.</text>
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