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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2015-02-24" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="179" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Members' Conduct</name>
      <text id="20150224851f84e9e82d4f7da0000051">
        <heading>Members' Conduct</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
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          <question date="2015-02-24">
            <name>Members' Conduct</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-02-24T14:26:32" />
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking you, Mr President, a question about the correct process for lodging complaints about the conduct of members of the Legislative Council.</text>
        <text id="20150224851f84e9e82d4f7da0000053">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="20150224851f84e9e82d4f7da0000054">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  I think it was on 13 February that an article appeared in the daily electronic newspaper InDaily that reported an exchange between you, Mr President, and the Channel 7 reporter Mr Hendrik Gout where he claims offensive and threatening language was used. My question to you, sir, is: if a member of the public believes they have been subjected to inappropriate conduct by the President of the Legislative Council, to whom should they lodge a complaint about that conduct?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="answer">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2015-02-24T14:27:14" />
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          <timeStamp time="2015-02-24T14:27:14" />
          <by role="member" id="3125">The PRESIDENT (14:27):</by>  I will take that on notice and bring back an answer as soon as possible.</text>
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