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      <name>Member for Waite</name>
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        <heading>Member for Waite</heading>
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        <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>Member for Waite</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:50):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Is it ever acceptable for a man to slap or grab a woman on the backside uninvited?</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="2020-02-06">
            <name>Member for Waite</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:50):</by>  No, I don't think it is, and this is why we have called out the behaviour which has been reported as being completely and utterly unacceptable. I do note again for the record that the member for Waite also found his behaviour on that evening unacceptable and has issued a direct apology and a broader apology; and now, of course, as we all are more than aware, there is an investigation which is currently underway.</text>
        <text id="20200206537c5d3c9a2844c580000504">This process was put in place last year. My understanding is that it hasn't got too much longer to run and, once that information is known, we will have a much clearer picture of precisely what occurred on that evening.</text>
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