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  <date date="2023-02-09T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Freedom of Information</name>
      <text id="202302095c86db74edeb4701b0000329">
        <heading>Freedom of Information</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4837" referenceid="40abd06ec15a40b1995c1130588dc41e" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2023-02-09T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Freedom of Information</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4837" referenceid="40abd06ec15a40b1995c1130588dc41e">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition) (14:21):</by>  My question is again to the Deputy Premier. Can the Deputy Premier explain whether she has a process for determining whether to redact documents before providing them for freedom of information requests and, if so, what is it? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="202302095c86db74edeb4701b0000331">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Black</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4837" referenceid="40abd06ec15a40b1995c1130588dc41e">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS:</by>  The Ombudsman stated that reasoning for not disclosing information was 'fanciful' and 'far-fetched' and that he has, and I quote, 'concerns regarding the manner in which the Deputy Premier has applied out of scope redactions' including that, and I quote:</text>
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          <inserted>It is far more likely that the Deputy Premier has formed the view that it would not be desirable to release various names and information and has simply opted to state that they are 'out of scope' rather than…justify a claim of exemption.</inserted>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr Telfer interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Deputy Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The DEPUTY SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Flinders is called to order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" referenceid="aa45c8bc1b33484c8becbf1c17397e74" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Defence and Space Industries</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Climate, Environment and Water</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-02-09T14:22:40+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="4622" referenceid="aa45c8bc1b33484c8becbf1c17397e74">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Defence and Space Industries, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water) (14:22):</by>  As I said, in order to confirm that we are talking about the same correspondence, I will take that on notice.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr Telfer interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Deputy Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The DEPUTY SPEAKER:</by>  The member for Flinders is warned for the first time. Member for Bragg, you have the call.</text>
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