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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-12-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Australian Sign Language Interpreters</name>
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        <heading>Australian Sign Language Interpreters</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2018-12-05">
            <name>Australian Sign Language Interpreters</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (15:13):</by>  Yes, sir. If the minister is surprised and she finds out that there is insufficient funding to provide for an Auslan interpreter at Carols by Candlelight, will she undertake to find the funding to provide one for this year?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Human Services</electorate>
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          <question date="2018-12-05">
            <name>Australian Sign Language Interpreters</name>
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        <startTime time="2018-12-05T15:14:06" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:14):</by>  I could ask my department, but it depends on whether there is actually a shortfall. The Labor Party whip asserts it, but Labor Party members come in here and assert all sorts of things that we know at the time, in question time, aren't true or that we subsequently find out aren't true. It's often a case of never let the truth get in the way of a good story. I would need to look at what information my department holds. As I said, I am happy to bring back information to the chamber if I've been written to and if there is a concern about this particular issue.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hunter, a supplementary?</text>
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