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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Literacy and Numeracy</name>
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        <heading>LITERACY AND NUMERACY</heading>
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        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
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        <electorate id="">Unley</electorate>
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            <name>LITERACY AND NUMERACY</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:58):</by>  Can the minister explain to the house why South Australian students recorded the worst decrease in performance across Australia in the latest Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), with a 26 per cent decline in proficiency of mathematics, science and reading?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="member" id="531">The SPEAKER: </by> That is not a supplementary. The member for Fisher.</text>
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          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  I am happy to have it as a question.</text>
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          <by role="member" id="531">The SPEAKER: </by> That is a matter for your whip. The member for Fisher.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="46">Mr Pisoni interjecting:</event>
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          <by role="member" id="531">The SPEAKER: </by> The member for Unley will be seated. The member for Fisher.</text>
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