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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Ministerial Code of Conduct</name>
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        <heading>MINISTERIAL CODE OF CONDUCT</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3118" kind="question">
        <name>Mr GRIFFITHS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Goyder</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>MINISTERIAL CODE OF CONDUCT</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3118">Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:44): </by> Will the Minister for Youth acknowledge that he has broken the Ministerial Code of Conduct? The Premier, as the then leader of the opposition, in his 2002 campaign launch stated:</text>
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          <inserted>Labor is committed fully to honesty in government. South Australians have had enough of the scandals and cover-ups. I want every member of parliament to sign and obey a code of conduct.</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Correctional Services</name>
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            <name>Minister for Gambling</name>
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            <name>Minister for Youth</name>
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            <name>Minister for Volunteers</name>
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            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs</name>
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          <question date="2009-12-01">
            <name>MINISTERIAL CODE OF CONDUCT</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Gambling, Minister for Youth, Minister for Volunteers, Minister Assisting the Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:45): </by> I have not broken any code of conduct. I was asked a question about an allegation made and I stand by my answer to that allegation.</text>
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