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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2017-03-28" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Medical Cannabis</name>
      <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000090">
        <heading>Medical Cannabis</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-03-28">
            <name>Medical Cannabis</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-03-28T14:37:10" />
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          <timeStamp time="2017-03-28T14:37:10" />
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:37):</by>  Supplementary: as the minister responsible for medicinal cannabis, considering that his Labor colleagues in New South Wales have moved towards GP-based prescription and that his SA Health discussion paper recommends specialist focused prescription, what's his intention?</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>
        <questions>
          <question date="2017-03-28">
            <name>Medical Cannabis</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2017-03-28T14:37:32" />
        <page num="6271" />
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000092">
          <timeStamp time="2017-03-28T14:37:32" />
          <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) (14:37):</by>  The government intends to release the results of this discussion paper in due course. I gather the honourable member has just announced a Liberal policy that they will allow GPs to issue medicinal cannabis in South Australia. I thank the honourable member for his one policy so far.</text>
      </talker>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000093">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Ms Lensink.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4363">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000094">
          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS:</by>  Point of order: the Hon. Kelly Vincent has attempted to have a supplementary probably for the last three supplementaries. I think she should be recognised.</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000095">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I would be the first one to recognise the Hon. Ms Vincent, but it is very difficult with her laptop to see any red light or whatever. I can't see it from here.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. Franks</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000096">
          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. Franks:</by>  I also pointed.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20170328fc0234b9e45f4fe190000097">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I wasn't looking at you, I was looking at the contributors. The Hon. Ms Vincent.</text>
      </talker>
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