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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>Legislative and Policy Services</name>
      <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000915">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Legislative and Policy Services</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="99">
            <name>Legislative and Policy Services</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000916">
          <inserted>99 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(25 October 2018).  Can the Attorney-General advise:</inserted>
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        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000917">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What sections the $2.5 million cuts to the legislative and policy services are coming from?</inserted>
        </text>
        <page num="2386" />
        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000918">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;How much of the budget cuts are attributed to FTE cuts?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000919">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;If these decisions are yet to be made, what is the process for deciding on the budget cuts and when will that decision be made?</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="99">
            <name>Legislative and Policy Services</name>
          </question>
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        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000920">
          <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="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000921">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;There is a $2.3 million reduction in expenses for this program in 2018-19. This reduction is due to savings of $1.4 million and carryovers into 2017-18 of $0.9 million. The budget savings announced in the 2018-19 budget are outlined in Budget Paper 5.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000922">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;$254,000 relates to savings allocated to the Attorney-General's Department as part of, or prior to, the 2017-18 Mid-Year Budget Review.</inserted>
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        <text id="2018120414fcc95acbfe4b5880000923">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Refer above.</inserted>
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