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  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
      <text id="20171017dddbd97fb79943a7b0000667">
        <heading>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</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>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:52):</by>  A further question to the Treasurer: has the minister or his department undertaken any investigation or modelling or called for expressions of interest for the sale of fines and/or revenue from the Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit, and, if so, will he table any reports on the same?</text>
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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>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Finance</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for State Development</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Mineral Resources and Energy</name>
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          <question date="2017-10-17">
            <name>Fines Enforcement and Recovery Unit</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-10-17T14:52:48" />
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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) (14:52):</by>  I would have to check. I doubt very much we have, but I'll go have a look. I am not sure what work the independent Public Service does, but I'll go back and check and get back—</text>
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        <name>Mr Knoll</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4847">Mr Knoll:</by>  An independent Public Service?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20171017dddbd97fb79943a7b0000671">
          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  Yes, they are independent.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>  Often, in the lead-up to the caretaker period, the Public Service begin bodies of work for incoming briefs. The incoming briefs detail a number of options that the Public Service offer incoming ministers. So I don't know—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1812" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. J.W. Weatherill</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20171017dddbd97fb79943a7b0000674">
          <by role="member" id="1812">The Hon. J.W. Weatherill:</by>  Things that they can't get past us.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>  Yes, things that they can't get past us; that's right. I am not aware, but I will check to make sure if any work has been done. Like I have said many times, we have been in office for 16 years, and in those 16 years we have never privatised SA Water. We have no plans to; we rule it out. Mr Speaker, we rule it out. We will not sell SA Water. I invite the opposition to make the same commitment.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4338">Mr Marshall 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>  Before the Treasurer launches into debate, I warn the leader for the second and final time. At the time he began interjecting and asking the Treasurer another question, the Treasurer hadn't yet tipped over into debate. He was still supplying the house with information.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">An honourable member 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>  Yes, that's my point. Treasurer.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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 will check and get back to the member, but we rule out privatising SA Water. It will not occur.</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 member for Unley is warned. Deputy leader.</text>
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