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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2012-04-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Women's Information Service</name>
      <text id="20120405ac95e7db40a2472890000442">
        <heading>WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE</heading>
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      <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="2012-04-05">
            <name>WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE</name>
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        <startTime time="2012-04-05T15:43:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (15:43):</by>  Has the WIS itself, the Office for Women or the government generally given consideration to recording the history of the WIS in any way, shape or form?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1821" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G.E. GAGO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Agriculture</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Forests</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Regional Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Tourism</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Status of Women</name>
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        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2012-04-05">
            <name>WOMEN'S INFORMATION SERVICE</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1821">The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for Tourism, Minister for the Status of Women) (15:43):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her most important question. Not that I am aware of, but that certainly is a very good idea, and I am very pleased that the honourable member has raised it. It has a very proud history. It is an organisation that runs on a team of volunteers. Many of those volunteers have been with WIS for many, many years; some members well over a decade or more. Their commitment is phenomenal. As I said, the WIS service relies on that team of volunteers and also very dedicated staff. I think that is a great idea, and I will follow that up.</text>
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