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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-05-16" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>GlobeLink</name>
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      <text id="2018051675520331babc4e11b0000156">
        <heading>GlobeLink</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5244" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.E. HANSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2018-05-16">
            <name>GlobeLink</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. HANSON (14:57):</by>  A supplementary arising from the original answer: I am pleased that a commitment was given to bring something back to me, but if the business case says that GlobeLink is not viable, will the government discontinue that project?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade</name>
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          <question date="2018-05-16">
            <name>GlobeLink</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-16T14:57:39" />
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:57):</by>  That's hypothetical. We haven't looked at the business case yet.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. Hanson interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  We would have to have a look at it. Who knows what the business case might throw up? It might say that it's a high priority, we should do it and stop other projects. Who knows? That is a hypothetical question. Let's do the business case.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. Hanson interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  The only reason it would not stack up is that the honourable member's party would be back in government again and the economy would collapse and we couldn't support it. But if we have strong government and strong leadership and a strong federal government and the investment we have in this state, I am sure that the project will stack up.</text>
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