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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
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      <name>Forensic Science SA</name>
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          <heading>Forensic Science SA</heading>
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        <name>In reply to Mr TEAGUE</name>
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            <name>Forensic Science SA</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-09-17T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="5381" referenceid="a67795d8a9734f88b14c11a0318b3b0c" uid="29621ced7ce24f72a44e8c27ac0ff0a6">Mr TEAGUE (Heysen—Deputy Leader of the Opposition)  </by>(24 June 2025).  (Estimates Committee B)</inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="52e39bf6607d4f10ae068632aa41a4d0">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  I have been advised of the following: </inserted>
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          <inserted>The revised project completion date will align more closely with the proposed lease extension of the existing facilities and will ensure an effective transition between the current and new sites.</inserted>
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          <inserted>The relocation of staff to the SA Forensic Centre will be a significant process involving around 320 staff. The timing also reflects that this is a complex facility; one of a kind in the country and rare internationally.</inserted>
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