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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Mcternan, Mr J.</name>
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        <heading>McTERNAN, MR J.</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1813" kind="question">
        <name>Mrs REDMOND</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>McTERNAN, MR J.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:46):</by>  Supplementary question. At the beginning of his answer just then, the Premier said that they did not need John McTernan's help during the election campaign. In saying that, is he saying that the Thinker in Residence now appointed did not come to South Australia to help in the ALP election campaign last year?</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!</text>
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      <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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            <name>Premier</name>
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            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
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            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
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          <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) (14:46):</by>  I think you will find that he was actually in London during those crucial weeks. But can I just say this: Vickie Chapman and Steven Griffiths gave us more help—</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>
        <text id="20110308b457b1f6ea8c426a90000562">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3121">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20110308b457b1f6ea8c426a90000563">
          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY:</by>  Point of order. The Premier, as every other minister and every other member, knows to refer to a member by their title—the member for Bragg.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20110308b457b1f6ea8c426a90000564">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> I uphold that point of order. The Premier knows that. He is aware of that.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN:</by>  I apologise—the member for Bragg and the member for Goyder. Yes, we did see John McTernan in South Australia, and we are pleased that he is back. Can I just say this: during the crucial time in that election campaign, when John McTernan was in London, we got help from Vickie Chapman and Steven Griffiths—</text>
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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!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="634">
        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN:</by>  —and my view is that that help was deliberate help to stop another faction and Isobel Redmond—</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>
        <text id="20110308b457b1f6ea8c426a90000570">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="634">
        <name>The Hon. M.D. RANN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="634">The Hon. M.D. RANN:</by>  —getting elected as Premier of South Australia.</text>
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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> Premier, I remind you not—</text>
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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! I remind members not to address other members by their names but by their electorates. The Leader of the Opposition.</text>
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