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      <name>Comas, Ms T.</name>
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        <heading>Comas, Ms T.</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="2021-09-07">
            <name>Comas, Ms T.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens) (14:26):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Did you or a staff member ever seek to influence a person to record days worked by Ms Tui Comas when she had not worked those hours or days?</text>
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      <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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            <name>Minister for Recreation</name>
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          <question date="2021-09-07">
            <name>Comas, Ms T.</name>
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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) (14:26):</by>  Could you repeat the question?</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>  Sure. My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Did you or a staff member—</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4342">The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN:</by>  Point of order: standing order 104 requires the member to ask his questions of the Speaker, so when he says 'did you' directly to the minister it's out of 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, Deputy Premier!</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order, members on my left! Members might be reminded of standing order 104. I uphold the point of order to that extent. It is a point of order that's correctly made. The member for West Torrens might rephrase the question.</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>  My question is to the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. Did the minister or a staff member ever seek to influence a person to record days worked by Ms Tui Comas when she had not worked those hours or days?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.L. WINGARD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4843">The Hon. C.L. WINGARD:</by>  Thank you for clarifying the question. I have answered this before and every hour that is worked by anyone in my electorate office is accounted for. I am sure it would be the same for everyone in this place for anyone who is employed within their electorate office or any office for that matter.</text>
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