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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-03-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Petitions</name>
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      <heading>Petitions</heading>
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      <name>Port Augusta City Council</name>
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        <heading>Port Augusta City Council</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4342">
        <name>The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4342">The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining):</by>  Presented a petition signed by 2,263 residents of Port Augusta and greater South Australia requesting the house to urge the government to take immediate action to declare the Port Augusta City Council a defaulting council and appoint a forensic accountant to scrutinise all council businesses, contracts and general finances and act in place of the administration and councillors until the conclusion of a fresh election of councillors and appointment of a new administration.</text>
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