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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2009-10-27" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Bus Driver Training</name>
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        <heading>BUS DRIVER TRAINING</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="2009-02-24" qonNum="450">
            <name>BUS DRIVER TRAINING</name>
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        <text id="20091027dc958b224f24488090000364">450 <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett)</by> (24 February 2009).</text>
        <text id="20091027dc958b224f24488090000365">1.&amp;#x9;How much State Government financial assistance for training is provided per bus driver?</text>
        <text id="20091027dc958b224f24488090000366">2.&amp;#x9;How much State Government financial assistance for training is provided to Transitplus per bus driver?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="526" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P.F. CONLON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Elder</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Transport</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Infrastructure</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Energy</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2009-02-24" qonNum="450">
            <name>BUS DRIVER TRAINING</name>
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          <by role="member" id="526">The Hon. P.F. CONLON (Elder—Minister for Transport, Minister for Infrastructure, Minister for Energy):</by>  I am advised as follows:</text>
        <text id="20091027dc958b224f24488090000368">DTEI make contract payments to the three bus contractors to provide the specified bus services. Whilst some of this funding is obviously used to fund each contractor's training programs, there is no component of it specifically identified as a State Government contribution to the training of drivers.</text>
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