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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2017-06-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Gig City Network</name>
      <text id="201706222a73cb65f7d644e9b0000335">
        <heading>Gig City Network</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="2017-06-22">
            <name>Gig City Network</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-06-22T14:25:51" />
        <text id="201706222a73cb65f7d644e9b0000336">
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25):</by>  Further supplementary question: can the minister guarantee that all 14 businesses will be connected before March 2018—the state election?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201706222a73cb65f7d644e9b0000337">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  Fourteen businesses?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201706222a73cb65f7d644e9b0000338">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  The 14 businesses you announced, will they all be connected before March next year?</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 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="2017-06-22T14:26:10" />
        <text id="201706222a73cb65f7d644e9b0000339">
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          <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) (14:26):</by>  I can say with almost certainty that by March next year 14 businesses will be connected to the Gig City network. I can say with almost certainty that 14 businesses will be connected, yes.</text>
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