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  <date date="2020-10-13" />
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Infrastructure and Transport Department</name>
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        <heading>Infrastructure and Transport Department</heading>
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      <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="2020-10-13">
            <name>Infrastructure and Transport Department</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-10-13T14:55:29" />
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:55):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Is the minister aware of a public report that chief executives of his department questioned his grasp of details? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
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        <text id="20201013639f4fcd1f3b476280000643">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS:</by>  An article in yesterday's <term>Advertiser</term> stated, and I quote:</text>
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          <inserted>…that department chiefs across many of the minister's former portfolios were less than impressed by their old minister and questioned his grasp of details.</inserted>
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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!</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, members on my right! The Minister for Infrastructure has the call.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner 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 for Education is called to order.</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>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-10-13T14:56:09" />
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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) (14:56):</by>  I think the member for West Torrens is referring to Michael McGuire who, amongst other roles, was a very prominent adviser, I am told, to Kevin Foley. I'll leave it at that.</text>
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