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  <date date="2017-11-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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  <proceeding>
    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Public Sector Recruitment</name>
      <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000413">
        <heading>Public Sector Recruitment</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="question">
        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2017-11-02">
            <name>Public Sector Recruitment</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-11-02T14:07:46" />
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:07):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Has disciplinary action been taken against any person in the Department of the Premier and Cabinet following the hiring of Veronica Theriault as Chief Information Officer?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Enfield</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Justice Reform</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Child Protection Reform</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Consumer and Business Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the City of Adelaide</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-11-02">
            <name>Public Sector Recruitment</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2017-11-02T14:08:07" />
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000415">
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          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:08):</by>  I will take this on notice because I need to—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000417">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The leader and the deputy leader are called to order. The Deputy Premier is offering no provocation; he's attempting to answer the question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000418">
          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  Thank you, Mr Speaker. I will attempt to find out what has happened in relation to those matters. I do know that there were a number of investigations around this matter. I do not—</text>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000419">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1804">Ms Chapman interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000420">
          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  Well, if you have asked me on a couple of occasions and you have received an answer—</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000421">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The Deputy Premier will not respond to interjections.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1810" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.R. RAU</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2017110251d9f4c99ece4c9280000422">
          <by role="member" id="1810">The Hon. J.R. RAU:</by>  No; I thank you, Mr Speaker. I am sorry I got distracted by them. I will continue to speak to Dr Russell. At this stage, my answer is the same as it was on previous occasions.</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 Schubert is called to order and warned, and the deputy leader is warned. Leader.</text>
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