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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2015-07-30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Lake Albert-Coorong Connector</name>
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        <heading>Lake Albert-Coorong Connector</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="2015-07-30">
            <name>Lake Albert-Coorong Connector</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-07-30T14:26:18" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:26):</by>  Supplementary question: was the Ernst &amp; Young report incorrect when it recommended that further research be required into the environmental benefits of the Coorong connector?</text>
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      <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 Climate Change</electorate>
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          <question date="2015-07-30">
            <name>Lake Albert-Coorong Connector</name>
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        <startTime time="2015-07-30T14:26:31" />
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          <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 Climate Change) (14:26):</by>  I am not going to be drawn on claims by the opposition. What I said is that the report findings were substantial enough to recommend that lake cycling be the preferred option and therefore I can see no reason why we should be spending money on any other research that does not lead to the best outcomes in terms of lake cycling.</text>
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