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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Rock Lobster Fishing Industry</name>
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        <heading>Rock Lobster Fishing Industry</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549" kind="question">
        <name>Mr WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Chaffey</electorate>
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          <question date="2024-06-19T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>Rock Lobster Fishing Industry</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549">Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (16:25):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Trade and Investment. Did the minister meet with the Chinese Premier Li Qiang during his visit to South Australia, and discuss South Australian rock lobster? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="20240619a0be616c68ca4d99b0000619">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>Mr WHETSTONE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Chaffey</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549">Mr WHETSTONE:</by>  Live rock lobster exports to China have been on pause for the last four seasons, which has cost an average family fishing business a loss of between $1.5 million and $1.8 million over the sanctioned period and caused the lobster industry to miss out on $400 million worth of gross state product.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Cheltenham</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
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            <name>Minister for Local Government</name>
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            <name>Minister for Veterans Affairs</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5571" referenceid="211fedb0b8c24354b29ce9c0acb17416">The Hon. J.K. SZAKACS (Cheltenham—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Veterans Affairs, Minister for Local Government) (16:26):</by>  No.</text>
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