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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2021-09-23" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="20210923d05a246bac2643ebb0001490">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Fruit Fly</name>
      <text id="20210923d05a246bac2643ebb0001491">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Fruit Fly</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="543" kind="question">
        <name>Ms BEDFORD</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Florey</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-08-26" qonNum="757">
            <name>Fruit Fly</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20210923d05a246bac2643ebb0001492">
          <inserted>757 <by role="member" id="543">Ms BEDFORD (Florey)</by> (26 August 2021).  Why has South Australia not seen a decrease in fruit fly infestation in metropolitan and Riverland affected areas, following the release of sterile fruit flies, baiting and advertising costing South Australian's $27.4 million in 2020-21 and an additional $16 million in 2021- 22?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5380" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Finniss</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-08-26" qonNum="757">
            <name>Fruit Fly</name>
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        <text id="20210923d05a246bac2643ebb0001493">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="5380">The Hon. D.K.B. BASHAM (Finniss—Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development):</by>
          </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20210923d05a246bac2643ebb0001494">
          <inserted>With increasing occurrences of fruit fly interstate, the pressure on South Australia's borders is as high as it's ever been. The Marshall Liberal government's efforts have seen a decrease in fruit fly with 50 less active centres in metropolitan Adelaide for example.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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