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      <name>Council Mergers</name>
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        <heading>Council Mergers</heading>
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        <name>Mr TELFER</name>
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        <electorate id="">Flinders</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr TELFER (Flinders) (15:10):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Local Government. Does the minister support council mergers and, if so, which councils in Stuart does the minister think should be merged?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3533" referenceid="b36985ad28fc470ba1418bc9165312fa" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.G. BROCK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Stuart</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
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            <name>Minister for Regional Roads</name>
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            <name>Council Mergers</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3533" referenceid="b36985ad28fc470ba1418bc9165312fa">The Hon. G.G. BROCK (Stuart—Minister for Local Government, Minister for Regional Roads, Minister for Veterans Affairs) (15:10):</by>  Two things: I have made it quite clear in this house and previously that I do not support forced amalgamations, and on my agenda no forced amalgamations are going to be discussed in this chamber, especially in the electorate of Stuart.</text>
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