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  <date date="2022-09-07T10:30:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Freedom of Information</name>
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        <heading>Freedom of Information</heading>
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        <name>Mr TEAGUE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
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          <question date="2022-09-07T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>Freedom of Information</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5381" referenceid="a67795d8a9734f88b14c11a0318b3b0c">Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:34):</by>  My question is again to the Minister for Human Services. Did the minister's office only release the previously withheld documents in the hours after the Ombudsman became engaged? If so, why? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="202209070dd73f908e8f4609a0000507">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>Mr TEAGUE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="5381" referenceid="a67795d8a9734f88b14c11a0318b3b0c">Mr TEAGUE:</by>  The shadow minister's office followed up with the minister's office on 11 and 16 August to seek a copy of the documents that were incorrectly withheld on 5 August. On 23 August, the Ombudsman contacted the minister's office. The documents were released within two hours of that contact.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4978" referenceid="368de1362390438688364d1b4dfc2b82" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. N.F. COOK</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hurtle Vale</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4978" referenceid="368de1362390438688364d1b4dfc2b82">The Hon. N.F. COOK (Hurtle Vale—Minister for Human Services) (14:35):</by>  If it is the exact one that I'm referring to which you are referring to, the documents were contained within the FOI, potentially attached to another page. When the shadow minister made an inquiry, I believe the documents had been provided, but the shadow minister has also lodged an appeal and we will see what happens with the outcome.</text>
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