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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Building Better Schools Program</name>
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      <text id="20171101012f49489aca411c80000383">
        <heading>Building Better Schools Program</heading>
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        <name>Mr GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Building Better Schools Program</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4343">Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:44):</by>  In relation to the minister's answer about the support for regional schools, which the opposition supports, can the minister explain why the communication strategy for informing the schools about these announcements was made by paired city Labor MPs to regional schools in their paired electorates prior to the public announcement of the funding?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Mon dieu! I require an answer to this, minister.</text>
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        <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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          <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:45):</by>  Mr Speaker, I think as soon as people are informed of good news they like to share it.</text>
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