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  <date date="2018-10-24" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Service SA Prospect</name>
      <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000728">
        <heading>Service SA Prospect</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-10-24">
            <name>Service SA Prospect</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-10-24T15:05:32" />
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000729">
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:05):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure. Was the minister aware that Prospect's Service SA branch was the third busiest in the state when he decided to close it?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Schubert</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Planning</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-24">
            <name>Service SA Prospect</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-10-24T15:05:46" />
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000730">
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          <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL (Schubert—Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Local Government, Minister for Planning) (15:05):</by>  There was a broad brief that was provided to me in relation to the decision—</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="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000732">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Members on my left!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000733">
          <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL:</by>  —that needed to be taken.</text>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000734">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5387">Mr Brown interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000735">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Playford is warned.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000736">
          <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL:</by>  Can I say that I can only answer questions about the way the decision was made. Again, I know those opposite are trying to create some sort of causal link that simply does not exist. We made the decision on an eminently transparent basis.</text>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000737">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4622">Dr Close interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000738">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Acting leader!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4847" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.K. KNOLL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20181024468dc42a32824812b0000739">
          <by role="member" id="4847">The Hon. S.K. KNOLL:</by>  We have communicated that dozens of times, both in this house and outside, and we will continue to say the same thing because, quite frankly, it's the truth.</text>
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