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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Ministerial Staff Expenses</name>
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        <heading>Ministerial Staff Expenses</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d" kind="question">
        <name>Mr COWDREY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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          <question date="2022-12-01T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Ministerial Staff Expenses</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d">Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:35):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Human Services. Has the minister or her office approved reimbursement of any Uber receipts for late-night travel by staff—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. A. Koutsantonis</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. Koutsantonis:</by>  A bit rich coming from you guys.</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>Mr COWDREY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d">Mr COWDREY:</by>  —and, if so, is she certain that these trips were work related?</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. Koutsantonis 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 West Torrens! The minister has the call.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22">The Hon. A. Koutsantonis 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 West Torrens!</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4842" referenceid="78a22826e43d4639bdfa63b5f3ef73f9">The Hon. S.C. Mullighan 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>  The Treasurer is called to order. The minister has the call.</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>  I thank the member for the question. Any reimbursements that have happened via my office for anything at all would be work related.</text>
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