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  <date date="2009-04-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Criminon</name>
      <text id="2009042892c26741b9594fc690001036">
        <heading>CRIMINON</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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          <question date="2009-04-28">
            <name>CRIMINON</name>
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        <startTime time="2009-04-28T15:59:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite—Leader of the Opposition) (15:59):</by>  What advice did the Premier give to representatives of Criminon, Applied Scholastics or any other Church of Scientology organisation regarding Australian electoral office requirements in relation to political donations? An email dated 17 March 2009 at 5.49pm—around seven hours after a previous email between Nick Bolkus and Mr Brown regarding the success of 'Mike's trip'—refers to payment of a $20,000 donation. This email is from ALP secretary Michael Brown to ALP state treasurer, John Boag, subject 'Re: Melbourne visit'— </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="531" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. M.J. Atkinson</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2009042892c26741b9594fc690001038">
          <by role="member" id="531">The Hon. M.J. Atkinson: </by> Allegedly.</text>
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        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2009042892c26741b9594fc690001039">
          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: </by> You can explain all. You can read the documents in <term>The Advertiser</term>.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2009042892c26741b9594fc690001040">
          <by role="member" id="627">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="631">
        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH: </by> In the email, Mr Brown instructs Mr Boag to send four $5,000 invoices to 'these guys'. The ABN listed is 68001412219. He adds that the ALP account should be used, not the PB account, which we assume is 'progressive business'. According to the Australian electoral laws, donations above $10,901 must be declared to the Australian Electoral Commission.</text>
      </talker>
      <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>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <startTime time="2009-04-28T16:00:00" />
        <text id="2009042892c26741b9594fc690001042">
          <timeStamp time="2009-04-28T16:00:00" />
          <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) (16:00): </by> I just looked at my diary. This day that I was supposed to be in Melbourne, I was in Adelaide and, I have to confess, I was meeting with an industry group. It was called OneSteel from Whyalla. Okay; OneSteel from Whyalla here in Adelaide. That is what I was doing on that day. I know why the Deputy Leader of the Opposition is not asking questions, because she was the president of the Liberal Party not dealing with Criminon but dealing with Catch Tim, which was a money laundering system designed to get money through Hong Kong—exposed by the Deputy Premier. I can just say this: I do not expect to get one single question from the Deputy Leader of the Opposition, but I was in Adelaide that day.</text>
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