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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People</name>
      <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000375">
        <heading>Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5376" kind="question">
        <name>Ms STINSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Badcoe</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-05-10">
            <name>Commissioner for Aboriginal Children and Young People</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-10T14:24:24" />
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          <by role="member" id="5376">Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:24):</by>  Thank you, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Why has the minister not appointed a commissioner for Aboriginal children since becoming the Minister for Child Protection?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. Chapman</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000377">
          <by role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. Chapman:</by>  Because we have to change the law.</text>
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        <name>Ms STINSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000378">
          <by role="member" id="5376">Ms STINSON:</by>  You don't actually.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. Chapman 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>  Minister. Members will not interject.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000382">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The minister will be heard in silence.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000384">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The minister will be seated.</text>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000385">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000386">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Members will cease interjecting. The Premier and the Deputy Premier are called to order. Minister.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-10T14:24:58" />
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          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:24):</by>  I thank the member for the question. As the Minister for Education, the Aboriginal commissioner for children election commitment falls under my responsibility. We committed to having that process undertaken and underway within the first 100 days, and we will.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5387">Mr Brown interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20180510709e4a6f6e114964a0000389">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Playford is called to order for an audible sigh. The member for Kavel.</text>
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