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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Member for Waite</name>
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        <heading>Member for Waite</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="question">
        <name>Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Member for Waite</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:56):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier agree with his Liberal colleague the federal member for Barker that following today's court decision the member for Waite should immediately be readmitted to the Liberal Party? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="20210824910f5f503685440590000447">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>Dr CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE:</by>  The Liberal federal member for Barker, Mr Tony Pasin, today told <term>The Advertiser</term>:</text>
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          <inserted>With this matter finalised I encourage the leadership of the Liberal Party to immediately lift the suspension of the Member for Waite's membership.</inserted>
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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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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:57):</by>  Firstly, I haven't seen those comments and, secondly, it's not up to me to determine who is a member of the Liberal Party—that is a matter for the Liberal Party of Australia (SA Division). That is a matter that they would consider, should there be an application that comes in.</text>
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