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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2010-10-27" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>52</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Personal Explanation</name>
    <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000682">
      <heading>Personal Explanation</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Personal Phone Calls</name>
      <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000683">
        <heading>PERSONAL PHONE CALLS</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3121" kind="speech">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Finniss</electorate>
        <startTime time="2010-10-27T15:27:00" />
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          <timeStamp time="2010-10-27T15:27:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY (Finniss) (15:27):</by>  I seek leave to make a personal explanation.</text>
        <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000685">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3121" kind="speech" continued="true">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY:</by>  Earlier this afternoon the Minister for Health referred to personal phone calls between him and myself. I have personal conversations with ministers both on the phone and privately on regular occasions. I do it in the best interests of my constituents.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000688">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Point of order, Minister for Transport.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="526">
        <name>The Hon. P.F. CONLON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000689">
          <by role="member" id="526">The Hon. P.F. CONLON:</by>  A personal explanation is restricted to correcting anything that is factually inaccurate, not to explain why you have phone calls.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000690">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Be very quick, member for Finniss. I will see if you are going to explain yourself in your personal explanation.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3121">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY:</by>  Thank you, Madam. I will continue to have discussions with ministers in any capacity to act in the best interests of my constituents.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619" kind="interjection">
        <name>Honourable members</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201010274ea1fe0c7d58492790000692">
          <by role="member" id="619">Honourable members:  </by>Hear, hear!</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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