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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2011-07-07" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>South Australian Visitor and Travel Centre</name>
      <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000251">
        <heading>SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VISITOR AND TRAVEL CENTRE</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4364" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.L. VINCENT</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2011-07-07">
            <name>SOUTH AUSTRALIAN VISITOR AND TRAVEL CENTRE</name>
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        <startTime time="2011-07-07T15:10:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="4364">The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:10): </by> I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the minister representing the Minister for Tourism questions regarding the SA Travel Centre.</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000253">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.L. VINCENT</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000254">
          <by role="member" id="4364">The Hon. K.L. VINCENT: </by> As members would be aware, the SA Travel Centre has been at the centre, ironically, of much discussion of late, particularly around access to the new building in which the centre is located. The Minister for Tourism, the Hon. John Rau, was on 891 this morning saying:</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000255">
          <inserted>I'm obviously very disappointed that this whole process [that is, the tenure] has become the focus of the attention it has, not because I personally have done anything wrong but because it's detracting from the really good work the Commission's doing.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000256">My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000257">1.&amp;#x9;Does the minister truly believe that focusing on improving access to the building for all people is detracting from the good work rather than adding to it?</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000258">2.&amp;#x9;Will the minister retract these comments?</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000259">3.&amp;#x9;Why did the tenure go ahead, seemingly without the knowledge of the inaccessibility of the new building on behalf of the minister?</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000260">4.&amp;#x9;Were any exemptions to accessibility standards sought and granted and, if so, which?</text>
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000261">5.&amp;#x9;When will we see an official plan regarding accessibility to the SA Tourism Centre?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Gambling</electorate>
        <startTime time="2011-07-07T15:11:00" />
        <text id="201107071f2d30304fb04438a0000262">
          <timeStamp time="2011-07-07T15:11:00" />
          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Public Sector Management, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for Consumer Affairs, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Gambling) (15:11): </by> I thank the honourable member for her important questions and will refer them to the Minister for Tourism in another place and bring back a response.</text>
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