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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Opinion Polls</name>
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        <heading>OPINION POLLS</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>OPINION POLLS</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier stand by his comments on radio this morning that he does not pay much attention to opinion polls, given that on the wall of his office he has a framed headline which reads: 'Newspoll Exclusive: Our Number 1 Premier'?</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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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
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            <name>OPINION POLLS</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) (14:15):</by>  Can I just say that I really want to talk about polls today, because there was a poll at the last election, and a poll at the election before, and a poll at the election before that. In the time that I have been leader of the Labor Party there have been 16 Liberal leaders and—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011031031fc1603b1cf404bb0000392">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Premier, there is a point of order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4342">
        <name>Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011031031fc1603b1cf404bb0000393">
          <by role="member" id="4342">Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN:</by>  Madam Speaker, the Premier shows you great disrespect by not following standing order 104. He should direct his comments to and through you, and I ask that you correct that.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011031031fc1603b1cf404bb0000394">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Yes, I am sure that the Premier understands that. I uphold that point of order.</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">
        <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 just mention, Madam Speaker, that there have been 16 leaders and deputy leaders of the Liberal Party since I have been the leader of the Labor Party, and the next one just stood up.</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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