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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-05-16" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Personal Explanation</name>
    <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000232">
      <heading>Personal Explanation</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Ministerial Benefits</name>
      <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000233">
        <heading>Ministerial Benefits</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="speech">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-16T15:27:37" />
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          <timeStamp time="2018-05-16T15:27:37" />
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:27):</by>  I seek leave to make personal explanation.</text>
        <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000235">Leave granted. </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="speech" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000236">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  During question time I was asked about benefits and things that I may have received from blockchain and cryptocurrencies. During the answer to the question I indicated that I had received about maybe 0.1 of a cent.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000237">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  You said a cent.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201805166c9fbfd2045d4b1d90000238">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  A cent; I have double-checked just so that everybody is aware. The current value of one Bitcoin today is $A10,931. I downloaded and reloaded my Bitcoin wallet for this new phone I have and found that I have 0.0001092 Bitcoins, which equates to 11 cents. So I just wanted to correct the record. I have 11 cents as a gift. I just wanted to make sure that everybody was very clear on the gift that I have received.</text>
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