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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SA Water</name>
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        <heading>SA Water</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="question">
        <name>Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>SA Water</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:39):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Environment and Water. Is the minister aware that SA Water has appointed Elders Rural Services, Ruralco Water and Waterfind Australia to sell SA Water allocations?</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="201902136f9edb6a6c1248a380000645">
          <by role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. Chapman:</by>  Isn't that the same one you guys used for Murray Bridge?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Deputy Premier, please! The Minister for Environment and Water has the call.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4837" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Environment and Water</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-02-13T14:39:54" />
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          <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water) (14:39):</by>  I am absolutely aware that SA Water undertakes water trading activities. They did so under the previous government and they will do so under our government. That is a normal part of the activity of a water corporation acting within the water trading market. There is nothing untoward or unusual about that whatsoever. It is a business decision for SA Water and the SA Water board to make those decisions—</text>
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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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        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS:</by>  —and to provide the recommendations, that might be—</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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        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4837">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS:</by>  —something we have to look at.</text>
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