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  <date date="2015-09-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>National Disability Insurance Scheme</name>
      <text id="201509227835a4bbb28042b980000578">
        <heading>National Disability Insurance Scheme</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1807" kind="question">
        <name>Dr McFETRIDGE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2015-09-22">
            <name>National Disability Insurance Scheme</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-09-22T15:20:14" />
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          <by role="member" id="1807">Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (15:20):</by>  A supplementary, Mr Speaker: given the minister's answer just then, why did the former minister for disabilities, the Hon. Mitch Fifield, send me some talking points which said, 'Let's be clear: a doubling of eligible participants is not a cost overrun for which the commonwealth is solely responsible. This clearly constitutes a fundamental error in the original projections provided by the South Australian government.'</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3123" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. A. PICCOLO</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Light</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Disabilities</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Correctional Services</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services</name>
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            <name>Minister for Road Safety</name>
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          <question date="2015-09-22">
            <name>National Disability Insurance Scheme</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-09-22T15:20:36" />
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          <by role="member" id="3123">The Hon. A. PICCOLO (Light—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:20):</by>  As I said before, that discussion is one of the past. Both the current minister and the previous minister have said that it is more important that we roll out the scheme. If the opposition spokesperson would like to discuss the past, he can, but I am keen and focused on making sure we roll out the scheme to help—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3124">Mr Pisoni interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. A. PICCOLO</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3123">The Hon. A. PICCOLO:</by>  I am not embarrassed at all. No, I am not embarrassed about our—</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201509227835a4bbb28042b980000583">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Unley will withdraw for the next hour.</text>
        <text id="201509227835a4bbb28042b980000584">
          <event>The honourable member for Unley having withdrawn from the chamber:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. A. PICCOLO</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3123">The Hon. A. PICCOLO:</by>  I am not embarrassed at all. It was a Labor government that introduced the scheme. It was a Labor state government which was the first to sign up. So, I am not embarrassed at all. You should be by the way you are carrying on today.</text>
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