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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2008-12-02T00:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>51</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>3</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Legislative Council Select Committees</name>
      <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000141">
        <heading>LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEES</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2008-12-02">
            <name>LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEES</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2008-12-02T15:00:00" />
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000142">
          <timeStamp time="2008-12-02T15:00:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (15:00):</by>  I direct my question to the President of the Legislative Council. Mr President, will you inform the council of the cost of each select committee established by this Legislative Council over the past three financial years?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1704" kind="answer">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2008-12-02">
            <name>LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL SELECT COMMITTEES</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2008-12-02T15:01:00" />
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000143">
          <timeStamp time="2008-12-02T15:01:00" />
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT (15:01):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1819" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. T.J. Stephens</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000144">
          <by role="member" id="1819">The Hon. T.J. Stephens:</by>  Surely, you wouldn't have that information to hand.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000145">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:</by>  In response to that out of order interjection, normally if people are going to ask the President a question, they have the courtesy to talk to the President beforehand. But I can inform the council that $162,242.75 has been the expenditure on those committees. Perhaps it would be easier if I requested leave to have this statistical document inserted in <term>Hansard </term>without my going through it which shows the individual expenditure of each of those select committees, so I seek leave to do that.</text>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000146">Leave granted.</text>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000147">Legislative Council Select Committee Expenses</text>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000148">51<sup>st</sup> Parliament (as at 2 December 2008)</text>
        <text id="200812027840b15693a840d4a0000149">
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              <cell>Committee</cell>
              <cell>2006-2007</cell>
              <cell>2007-2008</cell>
              <cell>2008-2009</cell>
              <cell>Total</cell>
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            <rowtitle>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </rowtitle>
            <row>
              <cell>Families SA (14/3/07-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>243.27</cell>
              <cell>82.73</cell>
              <cell>326.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Advertising</cell>
              <cell>5,075.73</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>5,075.73</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>30,295.00</cell>
              <cell>12,900</cell>
              <cell>43,195.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>48,596.73</cell>
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            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Peak Oil (09/04/08–25/11/08)</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>3,670.06</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>3,670.06</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>24.37</cell>
              <cell>111.60</cell>
              <cell>135.97</cell>
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            <row>
              <cell>Members Fees</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>450</cell>
              <cell>450</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>21,925.00</cell>
              <cell>21,925.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>26,181.03</cell>
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            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Pricing, Storage and Supply of Fuel in South Australia (07/06/06–23/07/08)</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell>4,049.00</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>4,049.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>89.98</cell>
              <cell>16.55</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>106.53</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>7,302.00</cell>
              <cell>10,498.00</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>17,800.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Editor</cell>
              <cell>3,200.00</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>3,200.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Members Fees</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>337.50</cell>
              <cell>337.50</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>25,493.03</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Selection Process for the Principal of Elizabeth Vale Primary School (21/06/06–03/07/08)</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>314.62</cell>
              <cell>77.82</cell>
              <cell>7.27</cell>
              <cell>399.71</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>3,880.75</cell>
              <cell>8,602.00</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>12,482.75</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Advertising</cell>
              <cell>1,270.57</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>1,270.57</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Members Fees</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>987.50</cell>
              <cell>987.50</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>15,140.53</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>SA Water (26/09/07-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>8,421.64</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>8,421.64</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>13.64</cell>
              <cell>110.81</cell>
              <cell>124.45</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>5,850.00</cell>
              <cell>5,850.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>14,396.09</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Budget and Finance (28/03/07-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>2,356.07</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>2,356.07</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>16.55</cell>
              <cell>423.91</cell>
              <cell>251.07</cell>
              <cell>691.51</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>8,054.00</cell>
              <cell>2,002.50</cell>
              <cell>10,056.50</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>13,104.08</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sale and Redevelopment of the Glenside Hospital Site (02/04/08-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>1,225.18</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>1,225.18</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>47.61</cell>
              <cell>65.86</cell>
              <cell>113.47</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>1,040.00</cell>
              <cell>7,840.00</cell>
              <cell>8,880.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>10,218.65</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Collection of Property Taxes by State and Local Government, including Sewerage Charges by SA Water (31/05/06-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Adverting</cell>
              <cell>4,240.23</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>4,240.23</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>179.44</cell>
              <cell>56.90</cell>
              <cell>79.75</cell>
              <cell>316.09</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Research Officer</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>3,880.00</cell>
              <cell>3,880.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>8,436.32</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Prince Alfred College Incorporation (Constitution Of Council) Amendment Bill 2007 (27/09/07-12/10/07)</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>19.45</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>19.45</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Advertising</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>504.00</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell>504.00</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>523.45</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Allegedly Unlawful Practices Raised in the Auditor-General's Report, 2003-04 (07/06/06-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>83.20</cell>
              <cell>19.45</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>110.85</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Atkinson/Ashbourne/Clarke Affair (07/06/06-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Sundries</cell>
              <cell>26.90</cell>
              <cell>15.09</cell>
              <cell>-</cell>
              <cell>41.99</cell>
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Select Committee on Staffing, Resourcing and Efficiency of South Australia Police (07/05/08-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Select Committee on Conduct of PIRSA in Fishing of Mud Cockles in Marine Scalefish and Lakes and Coorong Pipi Fisheries (27/11/08-</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
            </row>
            <row>
              <cell>Total</cell>
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell />
              <cell>162,242.75</cell>
            </row>
          </table>
        </text>
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