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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-12-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Royal Commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin</name>
      <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000818">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Royal Commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin</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>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="88">
            <name>Royal Commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000819">
          <inserted>88 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000820">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Has the Attorney-General apologised to the royal commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin as he requested?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000821">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Has the Attorney-General corrected the record after the royal commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin wrote to her describing her public statements as 'wrong'?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000822">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Why did the Attorney-General not allow an extension for the Royal Commission on the Murray-Darling Basin?</inserted>
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        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000823">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Does the Attorney-General accept the view of the royal commissioner for the Murray-Darling Basin that he required an extension in order to pursue the summons issued to commonwealth officials?</inserted>
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        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000824">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;Did the Attorney-General receive any requests from the commonwealth government ministers or their staff—to not support an extension for the royal commission on the Murray-Darling Basin?</inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Treasurer</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-10-25" qonNum="88">
            <name>Royal Commissioner on the Murray-Darling Basin</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000825">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  The Attorney-General has provided the following advice:</inserted>
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        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000826">
          <inserted>Matters raised in this question have been answered in the thorough debate of the Royal Commissions (Extraterritorial Application) Amendment Bill 2018 in the House of Assembly. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000827">
          <inserted>Further, correspondence between the Attorney-General and Commissioner Walker is publicly available here: https://mdbrcsa.govcms.gov.au/newsroom/media-statement-murray-darling-basin-royal-commission-0</inserted>
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        <text id="201812042fbfaef067d04287b0000828">
          <inserted>No requests from the commonwealth government, ministers or their staff were received to not support an extension for the commission.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
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