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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2020-04-07" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Coronavirus, Schools</name>
      <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000567">
        <heading>Coronavirus, Schools</heading>
      </text>
      <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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        <questions>
          <question date="2020-04-07">
            <name>Coronavirus, Schools</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-04-07T15:04:27" />
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000568">
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:04):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Education. Will the minister guarantee that temporary contract and casual employees in schools will continue to be employed and paid?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Education</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-04-07">
            <name>Coronavirus, Schools</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-04-07T15:04:41" />
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000569">
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          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (15:04):</by>  I am going to take that question on notice so that I can ensure any information I provide in a general sense is relevant to every environment that might be described by that question. So, out of an abundance of caution, I will take that question on notice and bring back an answer to the house. I will endeavour to get an answer directly to the member as quickly as I can.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000570">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Member for Waite. I'll come back—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. A. Koutsantonis</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000571">
          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. Koutsantonis:</by>  Are you joking?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000572">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  No, I'm not. Member for West Torrens, if you want to argue—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. Mullighan</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000573">
          <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. Mullighan:</by>  Is the police investigation over?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000574">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Yes, member for Lee.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. Mullighan</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000575">
          <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. Mullighan:</by>  It is, is it?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200407ed870b44d56846fba0000576">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  No, I'm not responding to interjections, and I ask you not to interject. I have called the member for Waite.</text>
      </talker>
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