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  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>School Absenteeism</name>
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        <heading>School Absenteeism</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="question">
        <name>Mr GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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          <question date="2016-09-28">
            <name>School Absenteeism</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-09-28T14:42:08" />
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          <by role="member" id="4343">Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:42):</by>  How many of the child wellbeing practitioners, the 60 that were promised to begin this year, are currently in place in South Australian schools?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Higher Education and Skills</name>
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          <question date="2016-09-28">
            <name>School Absenteeism</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-09-28T14:42:20" />
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          <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:42):</by>  I am going to have to take that on notice because I can't—</text>
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        <name>An honourable member</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">An honourable member:</by>  Have there been some?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE:</by>  There certainly have been some. The vast majority of them are starting in term 4, which is after our break, which is the school holidays break. I think it's around 10, but I will confirm the number that have already started.</text>
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