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  <date date="2019-03-19" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Private Legal Matters</name>
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        <heading>Private Legal Matters</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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            <name>Private Legal Matters</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-19T14:54:25" />
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:54):</by>  My question is to the Premier.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. Chapman interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The Deputy Premier is called to order.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  Are ministers or public officers authorised to use government resources to pursue private legal matters?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="interjection">
        <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>  Could you say that question again?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  Sure. My question is to the Premier. Are ministers or public officers authorised to use government resources to pursue private legal matters?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1804" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-19T14:54:56" />
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          <by role="member" id="1804">The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General) (14:54):</by>  No.</text>
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