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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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        <heading>Algal Bloom</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>Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4840" referenceid="7be4bfb1b1dd4eaaae45edf2f9c24e36" uid="6b2c6a8ebb4542faae61b78edbad3a90">The Hon. V.A. TARZIA (Hartley—Leader of the Opposition) (16:59):</by>  My question is to the Premier. Has the Premier asked the federal government to declare the algal bloom a natural disaster and, if so, when did he do it?</text>
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        <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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          <question date="2025-08-19T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="934f3d6ac33940dabfd2570174e0b969">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (16:59):</by>  Yes, and I have not just said it publicly, I have also said it privately.</text>
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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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          <by role="member" id="4840" referenceid="7be4bfb1b1dd4eaaae45edf2f9c24e36" uid="b959390c9750480f874e7f8966c414d6">The Hon. V.A. Tarzia:</by>  When?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="4aeadc9881c34848a710979e36585a91" 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="4aeadc9881c34848a710979e36585a91">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS:</by>  I am happy to go back and check the public transcripts, but I think they are there for the public to see.</text>
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