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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2011-09-15" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Local Government Grants Commission Funding</name>
      <text id="20110915fdde2756667b48f0b0000071">
        <heading>LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS COMMISSION FUNDING</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2011-09-15">
            <name>LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS COMMISSION FUNDING</name>
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        <startTime time="2011-09-15T14:36:00" />
        <text id="20110915fdde2756667b48f0b0000072">
          <timeStamp time="2011-09-15T14:36:00" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:36):</by>  Did the minister actually read the letter before he signed it?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations</electorate>
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          <question date="2011-09-15">
            <name>LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS COMMISSION FUNDING</name>
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        <text id="20110915fdde2756667b48f0b0000073">
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          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:36):</by>  Of course I read it. I signed it; I read the letter. It says population. There are a number of issues which may affect these grants. Population is one of them, and that is why I mentioned it. I do not have a strategy on me at the moment to improve our population strategy. I do not think anyone in this chamber has, but in saying that, if there are ways I can help increase the population, I will be quite happy to help.</text>
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