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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2013-04-11" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Save the River Murray Levy</name>
      <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000075">
        <heading>SAVE THE RIVER MURRAY LEVY</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="2013-04-11">
            <name>SAVE THE RIVER MURRAY LEVY</name>
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        <startTime time="2013-04-11T14:33:00" />
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          <timeStamp time="2013-04-11T14:33:00" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:33):</by>  I have a supplementary question.</text>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000077">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="17">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000078">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Whatever happened to '4,000 gigalitres, not a drop less'?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000079">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Ms Lensink, do you have a supplementary question?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000080">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Yes, I just gave it.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000081">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Well, what was it? There were so many interjections, I didn't hear it.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000082">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Sorry, Mr President. Whatever happened to '4,000 gigalitres and not a drop less'?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000083">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Well, the same as your sellout 2,200. The honourable minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000084">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. Lensink:</by>  Well, there's no answer to that one.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000085">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I just gave you one.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation</electorate>
        <startTime time="2013-04-11T14:33:00" />
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000086">
          <timeStamp time="2013-04-11T14:33:00" />
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:33):</by>  This government has always said that we will rely on the best available scientific information, and the best scientific information told us that it was 3,200 gigalitres we needed, and that is exactly what we fought for and what we got in the end.</text>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000087">Where was the Liberal Party? They were so embarrassed that they didn't even go out to the barricades. It took some of their Liberal federal members to jolt them into action because they were getting out into the community the message that the Liberal Party was selling South Australia short—and they always will.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000088">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Wade, is it a supplementary or a question? Please make it a question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000089">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  It is a question, Mr President.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1822">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20130411338954acfa8345ceb0000090">
          <by role="member" id="1822">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Thank you. The Hon. Mr Wade.</text>
      </talker>
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