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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Coronavirus Testing</name>
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        <heading>Coronavirus Testing</heading>
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        <name>Mr MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Coronavirus Testing</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:05):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier consider establishing any 24-hour testing sites across Adelaide, similar to some others that have been applied interstate, to address the long waits and people who have been turned away from testing stations?</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="2020-11-17">
            <name>Coronavirus Testing</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-11-17T14:05:39" />
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:05):</by>  We will do whatever is possible to do, but there are two issues: one is the taking of the samples and the other one is processing through the capacity. We have very significantly increased our capacity in terms of being able to process the coronavirus PCR swabs. I think the processing capacity still presents us with a capacity constraint, but I'm happy to check that matter.</text>
        <text id="20201117825d72c865ca4e5480000290">In all matters like this, we accept the advice of SA Pathology with regard to the way that we set up and run the testing. They have done an outstanding job. They are recognised not just around Australia but globally for the quick way they have responded. If they do seek to open longer hours, that is immediately granted, as per yesterday when we increased the time that those testing stations were open right through to 8 o'clock last night.</text>
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