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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Ellis, Mr B.</name>
      <text id="2011070661e62dea47094d0a90000795">
        <heading>ELLIS, MR B.</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="question">
        <name>Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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          <question date="2011-07-06">
            <name>ELLIS, MR B.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (16:10):</by>  Will the Premier repudiate comments made earlier this week by his speechwriter, Bob Ellis, regarding sexual misconduct, and will the Premier undertake that he will no longer engage Mr Ellis to write those speeches?</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>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Economic Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Social Inclusion</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change</name>
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          <question date="2011-07-06">
            <name>ELLIS, MR B.</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) (16:10):</by>  I regard with repugnance the views expressed in that article on the ABC website about women, just as I view with repugnance the views expressed by Cory Bernardi about race, ethnicity and faith, and just as I view with repugnance the views expressed by the Leader of the Opposition after her meeting with the President of Cyprus.</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="2011070661e62dea47094d0a90000799">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Supplementary.</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="2011070661e62dea47094d0a90000801">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
        <text id="2011070661e62dea47094d0a90000802">
          <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="2011070661e62dea47094d0a90000803">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Point of order.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.O. FOLEY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="532">The Hon. K.O. FOLEY:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition, quite audibly to our side, just called the Premier a liar. That is unparliamentary and I ask her to withdraw it and apologise.</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> Did the Leader of the Opposition call the Premier a liar? I ask her to withdraw that remark if she did.</text>
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        <name>Mrs REDMOND</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND:</by>  I didn't call him a liar, no.</text>
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        <name>An honourable member</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">An honourable member:</by>  You did!</text>
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        <name>Mrs REDMOND</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND:</by>  No, I didn't. I said he was a lying so-and-so.</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> I ask the Leader of the Opposition to withdraw that remark also.</text>
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        <name>Mrs REDMOND</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND:</by>  I withdraw and apologise, Madam Speaker.</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> Thank you. Member for Bragg, you have a supplementary question, I understand.</text>
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