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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Water Industry Reform</name>
      <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000395">
        <heading>Water Industry Reform</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="question">
        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2014-10-30">
            <name>Water Industry Reform</name>
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        <startTime time="2014-10-30T14:09:07" />
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09):</by>  Thank you, sir. Why has the government failed to introduce third-party water access legislation since the election?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Finance</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for State Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Small Business</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2014-10-30">
            <name>Water Industry Reform</name>
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        <startTime time="2014-10-30T14:09:17" />
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000397">
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Treasurer, Minister for Finance, Minister for State Development, Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy, Minister for Small Business) (14:09):</by>  It is the same question as the first one, Mr Speaker.</text>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000398">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3120">Mr Pederick interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000399">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Hammond is called to order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000400">
          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  As I said yesterday, sir, the government is happy to work cooperatively with whomever the ESCOSA board chooses as their chief executive, and we support the process. It is an independent body.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="interjection">
        <name>Ms Chapman</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000401">
          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms Chapman:</by>  That's the wrong answer.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000402">
          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  No, it's the right answer—it's just the wrong question, as usual.</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000403">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The Treasurer will not respond to interjections.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000404">
          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  My apologies, sir. We are a reforming government and we are interested in increasing competition and market access to third-party operators, and the government will have more to say about that.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141030a00d63f050da41cab0000405">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Supplementary.</text>
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