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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2009-03-25" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>3</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Criminal Law and Mental Health</name>
      <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000177">
        <heading>CRIMINAL LAW AND MENTAL HEALTH</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="603" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.D. LAWSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2009-03-25">
            <name>CRIMINAL LAW AND MENTAL HEALTH</name>
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        <startTime time="2009-03-25T15:14:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="603">The Hon. R.D. LAWSON (15:14):</by>  I have a supplementary question arising out of the answer. Was the Attorney-General correctly quoted by <term>The Advertiser</term> of 20 March 2009 when he said:</text>
        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000179">
          <inserted>We get policy proposals coming to us every day of the week. I opened my own mail today and there were 50 items there. We decided at that time it was not proportionate—</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000180">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:  </by>Order! The honourable member cannot include an explanation in a supplementary question. The honourable member must ask a question.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="603">
        <name>The Hon. R.D. LAWSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="603">The Hon. R.D. LAWSON:</by>  I am.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000182">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No, you are not. You are including an explanation and reading quotes. You should have done that when you asked your original question.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="55">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000184">
          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:  </by>Order! The Hon. Mr Lawson will ask his supplementary question without making an explanation or reading quotes from a document.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="603">
        <name>The Hon. R.D. LAWSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000185">
          <by role="member" id="603">The Hon. R.D. LAWSON:</by>  Was <term>The Advertiser</term> correctly reporting what the Attorney-General said?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="574" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business</electorate>
        <startTime time="2009-03-25T15:15:00" />
        <text id="20090325b447e5b2ae4a4be090000186">
          <timeStamp time="2009-03-25T15:15:00" />
          <by role="member" id="574">The Hon. P. HOLLOWAY (Minister for Mineral Resources Development, Minister for Urban Development and Planning, Minister for Small Business) (15:15):</by>  I will refer that to the Attorney, and he can answer that.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="55">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="1704">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1704">The PRESIDENT:  </by>Order!</text>
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