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      <name>Office of Hydrogen Power</name>
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        <heading>Office of Hydrogen Power</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. V.A. TARZIA</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Office of Hydrogen Power</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4840" referenceid="7be4bfb1b1dd4eaaae45edf2f9c24e36" uid="f542115a7dfd4963b6b217bdf9812ac9">The Hon. V.A. TARZIA (Hartley—Leader of the Opposition) (14:56):</by>  Supplementary—or another question, sir, if you deem it appropriate—to the Premier again: how many staff will be retained in the Office of Hydrogen Power and what will they work on?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="9b4a822b223e45168d8875693f923988" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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            <name>Office of Hydrogen Power</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="9b4a822b223e45168d8875693f923988">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:56):</by>  I have already answered this question. I have answered this question on multiple occasions. If the opposition want to ask the same question over and over again, that is their prerogative. It's your question time: if the breadth of your creativity is just to get last week's question time and rewrite it and ask the same questions again, then that is entirely for the—</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:</by>  Members on my right will come to order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22" uid="1de3b7b1fd2546f8b6ac160a7b626f6e" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. A. Koutsantonis</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22" uid="1de3b7b1fd2546f8b6ac160a7b626f6e">The Hon. A. Koutsantonis:</by>  What's the DPP doing today?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="da4edab7b2ba42f0a3162b244ba3bd29" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="da4edab7b2ba42f0a3162b244ba3bd29">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS:</by>  Yes, we are well aware of how determined the Leader of the Opposition is to give the DPP work. The Office of Hydrogen Power is going through a substantial exercise.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4840" referenceid="7be4bfb1b1dd4eaaae45edf2f9c24e36" uid="522b743ff9e343cc9e3b50fbc90c7e0d" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. V.A. Tarzia</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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        <text id="202503044b891e9d230246e690000460">
          <by role="member" id="4840" referenceid="7be4bfb1b1dd4eaaae45edf2f9c24e36" uid="522b743ff9e343cc9e3b50fbc90c7e0d">The Hon. V.A. Tarzia:</by>  That hurts. That really hurts.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="b19d03e1a2b94da689fb8685e4d1c385" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Croydon</electorate>
        <portfolios>
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            <name>Premier</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="b19d03e1a2b94da689fb8685e4d1c385">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS:</by>  Yes, you are Leader of the Opposition now: congratulations, well done. As I said, the CEO of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet is undertaking a comprehensive exercise in conjunction with other agencies, including the office itself, about its future formulation. There are a number of options that are available to government and we will make a public statement as and when appropriate.</text>
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