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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Port Pirie Fish Deaths</name>
      <text id="20191031a5c04a063bc3442990000777">
        <heading>Port Pirie Fish Deaths</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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          <question date="2019-10-31">
            <name>Port Pirie Fish Deaths</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-10-31T14:54:21" />
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:54):</by>  My question is again to the Minister for Primary Industries. Why did the minister not inform the Minister for Environment and Water that there were reported fish deaths next to an industrial site?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4339" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Chaffey</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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          <question date="2019-10-31">
            <name>Port Pirie Fish Deaths</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-10-31T14:54:36" />
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          <by role="member" id="4339">The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE (Chaffey—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development) (14:54):</by>  I thank the shadow minister for her question. The EPA were leading the investigation and—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20191031a5c04a063bc3442990000781">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order! Members on my left and right, please; I'm trying to listen to this answer.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4339">The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE:</by>  —where fisheries were involved, we inquired about the fish deaths. There were two fish deaths: two trumpeters. They were sent to Brisbane for analysis. There was no heavy metal contamination with the fish—</text>
        <text id="20191031a5c04a063bc3442990000783">
          <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="20191031a5c04a063bc3442990000784">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4339">The Hon. T.J. WHETSTONE:</by>  —which didn't relate to the deaths of the fish, by the sulphuric acid spill.</text>
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