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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Government Members, Crossing the Floor</name>
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        <heading>Government Members, Crossing the Floor</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="2018-11-28">
            <name>Government Members, Crossing the Floor</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-11-28T14:09:26" />
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier please advise the house of any previous incidents where four government MPs have crossed the floor to vote with the opposition?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER:</by>  Point of order, sir: reflecting on a vote.</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>  Reflecting upon a vote of the house. Could I have the question again? There was much interjection.</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>  Thanks, Mr Speaker. My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier advise the house of the last incidence four government MPs crossed the floor to vote with the opposition?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Given the way it has gone today, I am going to allow that question. Would someone like to answer it? 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="2018-11-28T14:10:07" />
        <page num="3980" />
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          <timeStamp time="2018-11-28T14:10:07" />
          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:10):</by>  The member is entitled to read the <term>Hansard</term> of the answer I just gave him.</text>
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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 Waite.</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>:  Order!</text>
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