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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Repatriation General Hospital</name>
      <text id="20141111fd2a4f993ee4412e90000142">
        <heading>Repatriation General Hospital</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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            <name>Repatriation General Hospital</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:23):</by>  What message does the minister have for the veterans community, who are concerned about the government's refusal to rule out the closure of the Repatriation General Hospital in South Australia?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="627" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Playford</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Health</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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            <name>Minister for Health Industries</name>
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            <name>Repatriation General Hospital</name>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:23):</by>  Any changes that we make will result in better health services for all South Australians, and that includes veterans. I know very well the health needs of the veteran population. I have a father who is a Vietnam veteran. I would never do anything to harm the health services available to veterans of South Australia. I can guarantee one thing—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING:</by>  And I won't be shouted down by the opposition. I can guarantee one thing, and that is: any changes we make will be tailored and better provide services to our veterans, who I have always stood shoulder to shoulder with, unlike you lot.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20141111fd2a4f993ee4412e90000147">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The Minister for Health is called to order for referring to Her Majesty's opposition as 'you lot'. Leader.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3119">The Hon. T.R. Kenyon interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Newland is called to order, also. Leader.</text>
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