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  <date date="2018-05-15" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Police Commissioner Protocol</name>
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      <text id="201805156946853bde514817b0000538">
        <heading>Police Commissioner Protocol</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="question">
        <name>Mr MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2018-05-15">
            <name>Police Commissioner Protocol</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-15T14:54:29" />
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:54):</by>  Supplementary: given the Premier's almost unprecedented commitment to instruct the police commissioner—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201805156946853bde514817b0000540">
          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER:</by>  Point of order: contrary to standing order 97 by having argument and it is also not a supplementary question.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201805156946853bde514817b0000541">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  I will hear the point of order. Would the leader like to amend the supplementary so that it does not contain any potential argument?</text>
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        <name>Mr MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS:</by>  Is the police minister aware of the last time section 8 of the Police Act was enforced?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Gibson</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Police</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-15T14:55:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Police, Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:55):</by>  No, I can't say that I have looked over section 8 to that nth degree. What I can say to the leader—</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="201805156946853bde514817b0000545">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The leader is on two warnings. Leader, you are on two warnings. Minister.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD:</by>  What I can say is, as I have said in layman's terms so that people can understand it, I am not here to instruct the police commissioner. If the leader wants to listen again and clear out his ears, I have said that I am not going to instruct the police commissioner. I will sit down and negotiate with the police commissioner. We have made our election policies abundantly clear. I will sit down with the police commissioner, work through our election commitments and negotiate right throughout the act whatever is needed and we will deliver on our commitments.</text>
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