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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Parliament House End of Year Functions</name>
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        <heading>Parliament House End of Year Functions</heading>
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        <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>Parliament House End of Year Functions</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:37):</by>  My question is to the Deputy Premier. Did the Deputy Premier receive complaints from any Liberal staffers about alleged sexual harassment at the Liberal Party Christmas party in 2019? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="202109093edfd9a291c74ec180000496">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>  Yesterday, it was alleged that complaints were made to senior leadership people in the Liberal Party.</text>
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        <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) (14:37):</by>  I am aware that confidential conversations regarding matters on 13 December 2019 have been made, but I intend for them to be kept confidential. That was the wish of the people—</text>
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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 they—</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>  Deputy leader!</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>  No, I am aware that there have been confidential conversations regarding the matters there, but there is certainly no formal complaint that I have directly received on this matter.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order!</text>
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