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  <date date="2020-06-17" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Matter of Privilege</name>
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      <heading>Matter of Privilege</heading>
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      <name>Matter of Privilege</name>
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        <heading>Matter of Privilege</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="speech">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
        <startTime time="2020-06-17T14:31:51" />
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:31):</by>  Sir, I rise on a matter of privilege. In an answer to a question just now the Minister for Transport informed the house information sought by the opposition in my previous question was publicly available on a government website. The new routes published by the government do not display bus stops. The opposition has searched the government website for any list of bus stops slated for closure as a result of the government's policy announcement last Saturday, and no such list exists on any publicly available government website.</text>
        <text id="202006176372e1af0fb04a02b0000553">I offer the Speaker a copy of every page publicly available relating to the government's policy change regarding bus routes. I assert it does not contain any list of bus stops set to close. I believe the minister has deliberately and intentionally misled the House of Assembly and that a prima facie case exists for the establishment of a privileges committee. I ask that you give consideration to my matter of privilege and rule if a motion to establish a privileges committee should be given precedence over other business in the House of Assembly.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  I thank the member for West Torrens. I will read the information provided and come back to the house in due course to establish whether I believe, prima facie, there exists a matter of privilege. Thank you, member for West Torrens. You have one more question, and then we will switch to the member for Narungga.</text>
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