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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Schools, Maths and Science</name>
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        <heading>SCHOOLS, MATHS AND SCIENCE</heading>
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        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Unley</electorate>
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            <name>SCHOOLS, MATHS AND SCIENCE</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:09):</by>  Supplementary, if I may, Madam Speaker: why, then, after spending all that money, are fewer students passing maths and science in year 12 than what they were 10 years ago?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> You are probably putting incredible expectations on the minister. How long is a piece of string? Minister.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development) (15:09):</by>  The member is referring to our NAPLAN testing. Our results have been steady and we are in the same—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order! Point of order, member for Unley.</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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        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  I do have a NAPLAN question but I haven't asked it yet.</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 Unley. Minister? I think we will leave it at that. Member for Florey.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order!</text>
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