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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2015-07-01" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Micro Finance Fund</name>
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        <heading>Micro Finance Fund</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Micro Finance Fund</name>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (14:58):</by>  Supplementary question: does the minister believe that it is desirable to look at the effectiveness and efficiency of taxpayer funded grant programs and be publicly accountable for that?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation</electorate>
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          <question date="2015-07-01">
            <name>Micro Finance Fund</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:58):</by>  Yes, as a general proposition it is desirable that we constantly monitor if we are doing things in the best possible way to give the best possible value for money for the taxpayer. As a general proposition, yes.</text>
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