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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-05-29" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>South Australian Tourism Commission</name>
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        <heading>South Australian Tourism Commission</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Leader of the Opposition</electorate>
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            <name>South Australian Tourism Commission</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-05-29T14:33:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:33):</by>  Final supplementary on that—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I will allow one more.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —arising from the answer: will the minister, just for the sake of clarity, confirm that on the Friday before this became public he received notification in writing from the SATC that this contract was to be awarded to a Victorian firm? I would caution him to think very carefully about how he answers this question—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No, don't give him a warning.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —given his previous answers.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Leader of the Opposition, you are not here—</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Think very carefully, Ridgy.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Leader of the Opposition, order! You are not here to give the minister free advice. It's the last supplementary.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment</electorate>
        <startTime time="2018-05-29T14:33:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:33):</by>  As I said, I was given some advice and I sought further information regarding, as I said earlier in my response, that advice as to exactly how the process had taken place and what involvement the former Labor government had in the whole procurement board process.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! Your next question—</text>
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