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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>
  <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" />
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
      <text id="20181204fdfebec4d1854f97b0000845">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Attorney-General's Department</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="91">
            <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20181204fdfebec4d1854f97b0000846">
          <inserted>91 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise—what legislation the Attorney-General's Department is drafting that is yet to be introduced into the parliament?</inserted>
        </text>
      </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="91">
            <name>Attorney-General's Department</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="20181204fdfebec4d1854f97b0000847">
          <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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          <inserted>Legislation for all government departments and members of parliament is drafted by parliamentary counsel, a business unit of the Attorney-General's Department. Any legislation being drafted by parliamentary counsel is the subject of legal professional privilege.</inserted>
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        <text id="20181204fdfebec4d1854f97b0000849">
          <inserted>In addition, any legislative reform being developed by the Attorney-General's Department is the subject of legal professional privilege and is cabinet in confidence.</inserted>
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