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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2010-10-29" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Equal Opportunity Commission</name>
      <text id="2010102974434b9b460240ccb0000329">
        <heading>EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2010-10-29">
            <name>EQUAL OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION</name>
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        <startTime time="2010-10-29T14:30:00" />
        <text id="2010102974434b9b460240ccb0000330">
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:30):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for the Status of Women a question relating to the Equal Opportunity Commission.</text>
        <text id="2010102974434b9b460240ccb0000331">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  The minister yesterday tabled the 2009-10 annual report for the Equal Opportunity Commission. The report states, 'For the fourth consecutive year, the highest number of complaints relate to disability and race.' I note that in 2009-10 the commission dealt with 90 complaints related to disability, more than twice as many as related to race, and three times as many as related to sex. My question is: what is the government doing to address disability discrimination?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for State/Local Government Relations, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for the City of Adelaide</electorate>
        <startTime time="2010-10-29T14:31:00" />
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          <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 for the City of Adelaide) (14:31):</by>  In fact, the particular policy issues around discrimination in relation to disability are not within my purview. I understand they come under the responsibility of the Minister for Disability, the Hon. Jennifer Rankine. The issues from the EO Commission that I am responsible for are obviously those that involve discrimination around gender.</text>
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