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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Lower River Murray Levees</name>
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          <heading>Lower River Murray Levees</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr BASHAM</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Finniss</electorate>
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          <question date="2025-09-16T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Lower River Murray Levees</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-09-17T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="5380" referenceid="d64b603fb34d46f9bfab2658bb9429d2" uid="f3d1597248a048a4b73b96cba3948e5e">Mr BASHAM (Finniss)  </by>(19 June 2025).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Minister for Climate, Environment and Water</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science</name>
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            <name>Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy</name>
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          <question date="2025-09-16T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Lower River Murray Levees</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4622" referenceid="aa45c8bc1b33484c8becbf1c17397e74" uid="6f1504958c4042bdb82642b87ab10410">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Premier, Minister for Climate, Environment and Water, Minister for Industry, Innovation and Science, Minister for Workforce and Population Strategy):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</inserted>
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          <inserted>An estimated 27.6 kilometres (km) of intermediate remediation works to restore the Lower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area Levee Banks to their pre-flood levels has been completed as at 30 June 2025, with an estimated 16.8 km of remaining works scoped and scheduled to be completed prior to 30 June 2026.</inserted>
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