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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Legislative Council President</name>
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        <heading>Legislative Council President</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="question">
        <name>Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Legislative Council President</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:30):</by>  A further supplementary, if I may, and again my question is to the Premier. Given the Attorney's answer indicating that he is satisfied that there is no basis in the substance of the matters that have been raised, and his then answer that it would be inappropriate to discuss it with him, how is he satisfied that there is no basis in the allegations?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Enfield</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Justice Reform</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
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            <name>Minister for Housing and Urban Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations</name>
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          <question date="2014-11-20">
            <name>Legislative Council President</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations) (14:31):</by>  I have discovered that most science fiction movies commence with—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  No; I'm not going there. They commence with one little leap of faith at the very beginning, which is something like you can travel in time or that you can travel faster than the speed of light, or something like that. Once you accept that fallacy, the rest of the show is pretty logical, really. What was inserted into that question—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3120">Mr Pederick 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 Hammond is called to order.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  What was inserted into that question was the additional words, 'I am completely satisfied.' I did not say anything about that at all.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3124">Mr Pisoni 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 Unley is warned.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  It is not a matter of any significance to the federal royal commission whether I'm satisfied or even, Mr Speaker, whether you are satisfied. The question is whether they are satisfied, and that is a matter they will determine in due course.</text>
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