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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Emergency Management Act</name>
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        <heading>Emergency Management Act</heading>
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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" uid="7a80db41019641e284bf4c8697709a3e">Mr WHETSTONE:</by>  I have a supplementary.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  We will see how we go and see if it is a supplementary.</text>
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        <name>Mr WHETSTONE</name>
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        <electorate id="">Chaffey</electorate>
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            <name>Emergency Management Act</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4339" referenceid="578eb1a82ef14e8ab4261939b72f9549" uid="3dcc11f737584bd4bc868bc9bc3e6857">Mr WHETSTONE (Chaffey) (14:12):</by>  Supplementary to the Premier: the Emergency Management (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill went through this house this morning to give provisions on calling an emergency under a marine emergency. Will you be prepared to call an emergency under the state act?</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="office">The SPEAKER:</by>  It is not a supplementary question, for starters; it's a separate question. The Premier.</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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          <by role="member" id="5084" referenceid="5e4189c3f09746759e26a644a9e66bcf" uid="cb813b086958409c9f063c567ae582ee">The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:13):</by>  The government is familiar with those amendments to the bill—indeed, we supported them—but our position remains, as I said earlier, and I would encourage all members of the house to familiarise themselves with the act in terms of the circumstances under which those declarations can be made.</text>
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