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  <date date="2025-05-14T10:30:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Whyalla Ports</name>
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        <heading>Whyalla Ports</heading>
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        <name>Mr PATTERSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <question date="2025-05-14T01:00:00+09:30">
            <name>Whyalla Ports</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5384" referenceid="facf38f4c95b4f27b86257b48e3f699a" uid="87e0a65bd35b404c9121efeef83166e7">Mr PATTERSON (Morphett) (14:54):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier update the house about Federal Court of Australia action number VID420/2025 between Whyalla Ports and Mark Mentha and others. With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.</text>
        <text id="2025051448d07932ab13407ba0000514">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>Mr PATTERSON</name>
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        <electorate id="">Morphett</electorate>
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          <by role="member" id="5384" referenceid="facf38f4c95b4f27b86257b48e3f699a" uid="4aec9998d9c34164ac78173e320d08da">Mr PATTERSON:</by>  By the order in the matter dated 29 April 2025, the court ordered, amongst other things, that Golding Contractors Pty Ltd has leave to intervene, and Whyalla Ports has leave to file and serve a cross claim, and the proceeding is set down for trial on an estimate of 3½ days, commencing 2 June 2025.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">West Torrens</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Energy and Mining</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-05-14T14:55:37+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="633" referenceid="daab39c192204b0f88930f68be57ad22" uid="1257a91999214d79826b64ab0bb185e9">The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS (West Torrens—Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:55):</by>  These are matters before the court and the government will not be commenting.</text>
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