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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Local Government Elections</name>
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        <heading>Local Government Elections</heading>
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        <name>Mr TELFER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Flinders</electorate>
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          <question date="2023-02-23T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Local Government Elections</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6888" referenceid="1b23b655d40349f8a472b7b9eeba16df">Mr TELFER (Flinders) (14:56):</by>  My question is for the Minister for Local Government. Has the Electoral Commission failed in any of its obligations under either the Local Government Act or the Local Government (Elections) Act? If so, can the minister clarify whether the Electoral Commissioner has the full confidence of the minister?</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>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
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          <question date="2023-02-23T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Local Government Elections</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) (14:57):</by>  I thank the member for his question. I am a little bit surprised he is asking for my comments on a situation when we still have supplementary elections going on. Also, I have made comments in this house before. There will be a review by the Electoral Commission and also the Office of Local Government. We will have that review.</text>
        <text id="202302235a2ac08615ad48ca90000582">I will not make comments on anything at all until such time as the review has been carried out after the supplementary elections. We will do that. As I said before, I am happy to work with everybody to make certain we can have a good review of what happened in the last election. Everything was done according to the legislation at the time. To answer the question, yes, I do have confidence in the Electoral Commissioner.</text>
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