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  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Gillman Land Sale</name>
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        <heading>Gillman Land Sale</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>Gillman Land Sale</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:23):</by>  My question is to the Treasurer. Does the Treasurer accept his portrayal as a witness by Commissioner Lander who said, and I quote:</text>
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          <inserted>I found that Minister Koutsantonis was inclined not to answer direct questions directly…Witnesses who do not answer questions directly do not assist.</inserted>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3124">Mr Pisoni interjecting:</event>
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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>
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            <name>Minister for Finance</name>
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            <name>Minister for State Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy</name>
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            <name>Minister for Small Business</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-10-15T14:24:06" />
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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) (14:24):</by>  I answered all questions—</text>
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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. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  I accept all the findings of the commissioner, but I did my very best to cooperate with his inquiry, as did my office to cooperate with his inquiry. I did my very best to give evidence to him, and I took an oath while I gave that evidence.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members 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 leader is warned for the second and final time and the member for Stuart is warned. Deputy leader.</text>
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