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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-07-31" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission</name>
      <text id="201807310e765be8ac7941fa90000429">
        <heading>South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs 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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          <question date="2018-07-31">
            <name>South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-07-31T15:07:10" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:07):</by>  My next question is to the minister assisting the Premier in multicultural affairs. Who recommended the appointment of Mr Mario Romaldi to the board of the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission? What were the exact criteria that the assistant minister or the government used? What contribution does the assistant minister think Mr Romaldi will make to the board and is she concerned about previous publicly available statements Mr Romaldi has made?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4362" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-07-31">
            <name>South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2018-07-31T15:07:47" />
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          <by role="member" id="4362">The Hon. J.S. LEE (15:07):</by>  Last night, when we gathered at the Olympic Hall for the Greek community of South Australia, putting together the thoughts and ideas to coordinate a committee that will raise funds to assist the victims of the fires in Greece, Mario Romaldi was one of the SAMEAC members who attended the meeting. Today, as honourable members will have seen, the title in the newspaper stated that 'Greek wildfire tragedy forges community spirit', as ethnic groups united in Adelaide to coordinate fundraising. The Hon.—</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="201807310e765be8ac7941fa90000432">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  Are you going to answer the question?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4362" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201807310e765be8ac7941fa90000433">
          <by role="member" id="4362">The Hon. J.S. LEE:</by>  I will get to that. It's my time to answer. You should listen.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201807310e765be8ac7941fa90000435">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! Let the member answer the question.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="201807310e765be8ac7941fa90000436">
          <by role="member" id="4362">The Hon. J.S. LEE:</by>  The Hon. Russell Wortley as well as the Hon. Irene Pnevmatikos were also there at the function last night. When it comes to appointments to SAMEAC, when it comes to the development of multicultural South Australia as a state, we always have received bipartisan support. I do not understand what the question is all about.</text>
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