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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Edwardstown Groundwater Contamination</name>
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        <heading>EDWARDSTOWN GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="546" kind="question">
        <name>Mr WILLIAMS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">MacKillop</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2011-02-24">
            <name>EDWARDSTOWN GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION</name>
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          <by role="member" id="546">Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:45):</by>  My question is also to the Minister for Environment and Conservation. When did the EPA first learn of positive results on contamination tests done at the former Hills site and outside of the former Hills site at Edwardstown?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1802" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. CAICA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Environment and Conservation</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the River Murray</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Water</name>
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          <question date="2011-02-24">
            <name>EDWARDSTOWN GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION</name>
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        <startTime time="2011-02-24T14:46:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="1802">The Hon. P. CAICA (Colton—Minister for Environment and Conservation, Minister for the River Murray, Minister for Water) (14:46):</by>  I am not quite sure the context of what 'positive results' means—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. P. CAICA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1802">The Hon. P. CAICA:</by>  Why didn't you ask the question correctly?</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. P. CAICA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201102249e5f4f47a6ec450ab0000687">
          <by role="member" id="1802">The Hon. P. CAICA:</by>  Yes, that's right.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619" kind="interjection">
        <name>An honourable member</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">An honourable member:</by>  Inside or outside—that is everywhere.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1802" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. P. CAICA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1802">The Hon. P. CAICA:</by>  That's right—inside or outside is anywhere. The EPA became aware of the contamination outside of the Hills site—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. P. CAICA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1802">The Hon. P. CAICA:</by>  There may well be. They received that report, I am told, on 14 February.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Deputy Leader of the Opposition.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="7">Ms Chapman interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order, member for Bragg!</text>
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