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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Conservation Council</name>
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          <heading>Conservation Council</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS</name>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Conservation Council</name>
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          <inserted>22 <by role="member" id="4837" referenceid="40abd06ec15a40b1995c1130588dc41e">The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Leader of the Opposition)</by> (29 August 2023).  Why is there a $10 million decrease in the estimated total project cost ($20.3 million in this budget, down from $30.8 million in 2022-23), and why does this differ from the $37.6 million the previous Liberal government originally secured from the Australian government?</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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            <name>Conservation Council</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):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Without reference to a project or budget paper that provides context this question cannot be answered. </inserted>
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