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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Keolis Downer</name>
      <page num="2551" />
      <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000548">
        <heading>Keolis Downer</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="633" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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          <question date="2020-09-10">
            <name>Keolis Downer</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-09-10T15:39:16" />
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (15:39):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Did Keolis Downer require a loser fee to be available to unsuccessful bidders in order to keep them in the tender process for Adelaide's train network?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Gibson</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2020-09-10">
            <name>Keolis Downer</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-09-10T15:39:30" />
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000550">
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          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD (Gibson—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:39):</by>  Again,  I will take that question on notice. The contracts—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5084">Mr Malinauskas interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000552">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order, leader!</text>
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          <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="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000554">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4842" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. S.C. Mullighan</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000555">
          <by role="member" id="4842">The Hon. S.C. Mullighan:</by>  He choo-choo chooses not to answer.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000556">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Member for Lee!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000557">
          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD:</by>  It may have been the practice of the leader when he was outsourcing contracts, like I said, for Mount Gambier Prison to be releasing details of the contracts before they were actually signed, I don't know. That might be how they operate.</text>
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          <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="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000559">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000560">
          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD:</by>  That's what he is asking me for and it's a disgrace and you know it. Seriously—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order! The minister will resume his seat. The minister had indicated I think in words 'It's a disgrace and you know it.' I don't know that I know it. The minister will direct his remarks through the Chair. I call on the minister to conclude his answer to the question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4843" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000563">
          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD:</by>  As I have said, the contract negotiation is ongoing and I will take that on notice.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="interjection">
        <name>Mr Malinauskas</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000564">
          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr Malinauskas:</by>  You'll take it on notice.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="20200910e89d2d88491b4e5590000565">
          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order! Before I turn to the member for West Torrens once again, I call to order the leader, I warn the member for Playford and I call to order the member for Lee. The member for West Torrens.</text>
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