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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2017-11-29" />
  <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>
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      <name>Ministerial Staff</name>
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        <heading>Ministerial Staff</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="2017-11-29">
            <name>Ministerial Staff</name>
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        <startTime time="2017-11-29T15:07:57" />
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000630">
          <timeStamp time="2017-11-29T15:07:57" />
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (15:07):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation prior to directing a question to the Minister for Water on the subject of ministerial office.</text>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000631">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000632">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  The <term>Government Gazette</term> on 22 June of this year lists a Mr Bradley Chilcott as a ministerial adviser in the minister's office. My questions to the minister are as follows:</text>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000633">1.&amp;#x9;Is Mr Bradley Chilcott still employed in the minister's office?</text>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000634">2.&amp;#x9;If he is not, when did Mr Bradley Chilcott leave his employment in the minister's office?</text>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000635">3.&amp;#x9;If he has left, did he resign, or was his position terminated?</text>
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000636">4.&amp;#x9;Was there any termination payment made to Mr Bradley Chilcott, if he has left the employment in the minister's office ?</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>
        <startTime time="2017-11-29T15:08:54" />
        <text id="20171129340de1f5254c4319a0000637">
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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) (15:08):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his most important question. The answers are no; a month or two ago; he left of his own accord; and not that I know of.</text>
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