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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Parliament House Staffers</name>
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        <heading>Parliament House Staffers</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>Parliament House Staffers</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084">Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:19):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Is the Premier concerned at the prospect that a current Liberal staffer could be working in this building despite the fact that they have urinated in the corner of someone's office and exposed themselves completely inappropriately?</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="2021-09-09">
            <name>Parliament House Staffers</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:19):</by>  The leader makes an assertion based upon an assertion that was made in the other place yesterday afternoon.</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!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  That was an assertion that was made. I am not in receipt of any formal complaint directed to me. There are pathways that exist if people wish to make a complaint with regard to this type of behaviour. I am not going to be making assumptions based upon unsubstantiated allegations made in the parliament. Imagine if I responded to everything that the member for West Torrens alleged—</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, member for Kaurna!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  —here under privilege in this parliament? The member for West Torrens is constantly making assertions. Imagine if I jumped to every single one of the suggestions that he made—</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, members on my left!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  —we would never achieve anything as a government. There are processes, there are pathways that are in place—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5389">Mr Boyer 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>  Member for Wright!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL:</by>  —and if people would like to make a formal complaint, I suggest they take up that opportunity.</text>
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