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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2016-02-10" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Goods and Services Tax</name>
      <page num="2915" />
      <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000230">
        <heading>Goods and Services Tax</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="2016-02-10">
            <name>Goods and Services Tax</name>
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        <startTime time="2016-02-10T15:00:28" />
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (15:00):</by>  We know you support the Premier, he gave you this job. My question was: do you support the GST being raised to 15 per cent?</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000233">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  It was.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000235">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  Do you want to answer every question?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000236">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000237">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  I asked a supplementary question.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety</electorate>
        <startTime time="2016-02-10T15:00:47" />
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000238">
          <timeStamp time="2016-02-10T15:00:47" />
          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:00):</by>  I stand by my previous answer. I support having a premier who is willing to tackle the challenges—</text>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000239">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201602106ac33cfd8824453fa0000240">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5084" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5084">The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS:</by>  —that are brought before him.</text>
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