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  <date date="2019-03-21" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Adc Global Blockchain Summit</name>
      <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000379">
        <heading>ADC Global Blockchain Summit</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>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-03-21">
            <name>ADC Global Blockchain Summit</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-21T14:34:58" />
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000380">
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:34):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Did the Premier or anyone in his office ask the organisers to discount registration fees by 40 per cent due to low registration numbers for the ADC Global Blockchain Summit?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-03-21">
            <name>ADC Global Blockchain Summit</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2019-03-21T14:35:13" />
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000381">
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:35):</by>  I'm not aware of that.</text>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000382">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4846">Ms Hildyard interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000383">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Reynell is called to order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000384">
          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  Quite frankly, it just doesn't seem to be an issue—</text>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000385">
          <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="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000386">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000387">
          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  Running a private conference doesn't really seem to be an issue for the office of the Premier.</text>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000388">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5387">Mr Brown interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000389">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Playford is called to order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000390">
          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  We are more interested, sir, as you would be aware—</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000391">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Yes.</text>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000392">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000393">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4338" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000394">
          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  We are more interested in things like the unemployment rate, driving the unemployment rate down. Those opposite seemed very interested in this question on Tuesday—not so interested today.</text>
      </talker>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000395">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Has the Premier finished his answer?</text>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000396">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. Wingard interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2019032155d5443a02e846bca0000397">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Before I go to the member for West Torrens, the Minister for Police is called to order.</text>
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