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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2017-02-28" />
  <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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  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Treaty Commissioner</name>
      <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000255">
        <heading>Treaty Commissioner</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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          <question date="2017-02-28">
            <name>Treaty Commissioner</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-02-28T15:19:48" />
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          <timeStamp time="2017-02-28T15:19:48" />
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:19):</by>  Supplementary question: in relation to the second question, that is—</text>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000257">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000258">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  —will he be continuing in any—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000259">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  No. No.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  Can I finish the question first?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000261">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Yes; allow him to finish the question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000262">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  Can I finish the question?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000263">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  No.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000264">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  I can't finish the question? Can I finish the question, Mr President?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000265">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Just sit down, the Hon. Mr Lucas. I know it's a joke, but at the end of the day, there are certain standing orders and certain procedures that we should abide by. The Hon. Mr Lucas is asking a question, at least have the respect to listen to that question before you answer it.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="6116" />
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000266">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  Will Dr Thomas be continuing any part-time role in relation to his Aboriginal Heritage position? The minister has said that he won't be continuing in a full-time position, but will he continue in a part-time role in Aboriginal Heritage or has he resigned from the position of director or manager of Aboriginal Heritage, has no role there and will be a full-time Treaty Commissioner?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy</electorate>
        <startTime time="2017-02-28T15:20:52" />
        <text id="20170228fc18839bbadd48f780000267">
          <timeStamp time="2017-02-28T15:20:52" />
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Employment, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, Minister for Manufacturing and Innovation, Minister for Automotive Transformation, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (15:20):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question. My understanding is, yes, it is a full-time position for Treaty Commissioner, so he will not be doing his role after that, is my understanding. If that is any different, which I am almost certain it is not, I will come back and let you know.</text>
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