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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>State Budget</name>
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        <heading>State Budget</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Lee</electorate>
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          <question date="2019-03-19">
            <name>State Budget</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-19T14:41:23" />
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          <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:41):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier commit that his government will deliver a budget surplus in the 2018-19 and 2019-20 financial years?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <question date="2019-03-19">
            <name>State Budget</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-19T14:41:37" />
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:41):</by>  Certainly, all will be revealed in June this year. Obviously, we are subject to what happens in the federal budget, which comes down in April. I think there has been some very significant revaluation of the forward projections for the GST distribution as provided in the Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook which those opposite should have access to but, if not, we are happy to send them through.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5084">Mr Malinauskas 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>  The leader is warned. He has been particularly vocal today. The Premier has the call.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  I feel confident that we will post a surplus this year. That's exactly what we are working towards, as for future years. I think we need to wait to see what happens in the budget when it comes down in June.</text>
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        <name>Mr Hughes</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4839">Mr Hughes:</by>  More cuts.</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 Giles can depart for half an hour under 137A, and when he does the member for Lee can have a question.</text>
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          <event>The honourable member for Giles having withdrawn from the chamber:</event>
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