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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Hospital Beds</name>
      <text id="20210511daf912fd10f54c83b0000435">
        <heading>Hospital Beds</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="question">
        <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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          <question date="2021-05-11">
            <name>Hospital Beds</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-05-11T14:10:16" />
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:10):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Has the government reopened all flex beds? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="20210511daf912fd10f54c83b0000437">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>Mr MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <page num="5298" />
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS:</by>  On 27 November 2018, the Premier told this house in answer to a question about bed closures, and I quote:</text>
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          <inserted>The reality is that all hospitals should have some flex capacity, but we certainly shouldn't be keeping hospital beds open when there is no requirement for them. If we have no requirement, then they will remain flex beds.</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4343" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morialta</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4343">The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:10):</by>  I thank the member for the question. With respect to the detail in the original question, I will check with the Minister for Health and bring back an answer to the house.</text>
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