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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2009-03-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>51</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>3</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <startPage num="1541" />
  <endPage num="1584" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Personal Explanation</name>
    <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000008">
      <heading>Personal Explanation</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill</name>
      <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000009">
        <heading>NATIVE VEGETATION (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT BILL</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="speech">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for State/Local Government Relations</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Status of Women</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Consumer Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Government Enterprises</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <startTime time="2009-03-05T14:21:00" />
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000010">
          <timeStamp time="2009-03-05T14:21:00" />
          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister Assisting the Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Energy) (14:21): </by> I seek leave to make a personal explanation.</text>
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000011">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="speech" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000012">
          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO: </by> I need to correct a date that I gave yesterday during my second reading response on the Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill. What I stated yesterday, based on advice that I was given at the time—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000013">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink:</by>  Blame someone else!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000014">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1821">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090305ad27a1000a2f414180000015">
          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO:</by>  —was that Mr Ferguson attended the Natural Resources Committee on 19 and 26 February this year. I would like to clarify that I have received further advice that Mr Ferguson did make comment on 19 February this year and 26 September 2006. For the record, I point out that the substance of Mr Ferguson's comments on both these occasions remains as indicated by me yesterday.</text>
      </talker>
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