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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2011-07-26" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>52</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <proceeding>
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000110">
      <heading>Question Time</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Burnside Council</name>
      <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000111">
        <heading>BURNSIDE COUNCIL</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2011-07-26">
            <name>BURNSIDE COUNCIL</name>
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        <startTime time="2011-07-26T14:28:00" />
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000112">
          <timeStamp time="2011-07-26T14:28:00" />
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:28):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for State/Local Government Relations a question about Burnside council.</text>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000113">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000114">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  On radio last week, the Premier, Mike Rann, said:</text>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000115">
          <inserted>My view is that the report should now be given to the Police Commissioner, to the Anti-Corruption Branch and to the Director of Public Prosecutions.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000116">In light of the Premier's comments, I ask the minister: have all allegations, including the draft MacPherson investigation report and the associated material, gone to the Anti-Corruption Branch, and on which date did they go?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for State/Local Government Relations</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <startTime time="2011-07-26T14:29:00" />
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          <timeStamp time="2011-07-26T14:29:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:29):</by>  I received an invitation from the Commissioner of Police inviting me to refer the draft report to him.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. Ridgway</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000118">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. Ridgway:</by>  Invitation? What sort of invitation?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000119">
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY:</by>  An invitation.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. Ridgway</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000120">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. Ridgway:</by>  Not a request?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000121">
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY:</by>  Let me make one thing clear: I received an invitation from the Commissioner of Police inviting me to refer the report to him. I have done so, after considering his request—and that has been sent off.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000122">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  When?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20110726212d8c9c41dd401590000123">
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY:</by>  When? It has been sent off.</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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