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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Deputy Premier, Overseas Trip</name>
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        <heading>Deputy Premier, Overseas Trip</heading>
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        <name>Mr COWDREY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Premier, Overseas Trip</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d">Mr COWDREY (Colton) (14:13):</by>  My question is to the Deputy Premier: can the Deputy Premier identify when she and her travelling party made the decision to travel to Norway, and was the trip to Oslo booked through the government travel agent? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="20230308dff4def7732b4c76a0000395">Leave granted.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER</by>:  Order! Member for West Torrens, member for Badcoe, member for Wright!</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! The Leader of Government Business is warned. The member for Colton has the call.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:  Order!</by>
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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>  Proactive disclosure records show that a trip was charged to her department's credit card on 20 September last year, which was two weeks after the Deputy Premier had left on her trip.</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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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science</name>
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            <name>Minister for Defence and Space Industries</name>
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            <name>Minister for Climate, Environment and Water</name>
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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) (14:14):</by>  I have no idea of the detail. I don't do the bookings myself. I am happy to investigate and if there is anything that could be clarified, I am happy to get back.</text>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  Order! I remind members of the guidance in relation to the questions of the character that I have just provided to the house. Member for Badcoe.</text>
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