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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2013-07-03" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>52</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000250">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Crown Solicitor's Office</name>
      <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000251">
        <heading>CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2013-07-03">
            <name>CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE</name>
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        </questions>
        <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000252">In reply to <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)</by> (30 October 2012).</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Enfield</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Business Services and Consumers</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2013-07-03">
            <name>CROWN SOLICITOR'S OFFICE</name>
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        <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000253">
          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Business Services and Consumers):</by>  I have been provided with the following advice:</text>
        <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000254">Crown Solicitor's Office records show that invoices paid by agencies to private legal providers, approved by the Crown Solicitor under Treasurer's Instruction 10, for the last two financial years were as follows:</text>
        <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000255">2011-12: $9.718 million</text>
        <text id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000256">2010-11: $9.449 million</text>
        <text continued="true" id="20130703ae075bc5c776494890000257">It should be noted that this information does not provide details of work undertaken for agencies that are not bound by Treasurer's Instruction 10 who may seek legal services from private practice without reference to the Crown Solicitor. Such agencies include statutory Boards, WorkCover and the Motor Accident Commission.</text>
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