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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2012-07-20" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Ministerial Staff</name>
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        <heading>MINISTERIAL STAFF</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2012-07-20">
            <name>MINISTERIAL STAFF</name>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:27):</by>  I have a supplementary question arising from the minister's attempted answer. Is the minister standing by his statement made on 4 April that Mr Watson's contract is held with him as the minister?</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="2012-07-20">
            <name>MINISTERIAL STAFF</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for State/Local Government Relations) (14:27):</by>  Mr Watson is on a 12-month contract. All contracts, I would imagine, are under the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Service, so Mr Jim Hallion would be the person ultimately responsible for Jimmy.</text>
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