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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-04-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Woolworths</name>
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        <heading>Woolworths</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Woolworths</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:49):</by>  Supplementary arising from the original answer: to the Treasurer's knowledge, has any minister from the government actually talked to Woolworths about the impact this will have on workers?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-04-02">
            <name>Woolworths</name>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:50):</by>  Mr President, I can only speak on my behalf.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  The Hon. Ms Bourke has never been in government so let me assure her that I don't, on a regular basis, ring each of my 13 colleagues—</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  No, I don't—and say to them, 'Who have you spoken to today?' I responded to media queries yesterday. I have done so again this morning. As I have said in response to the leader's supplementary question just a little earlier, I am prepared to accept the assurances given by the company to the union, to the mayor and to the community. In the absence of evidence to the contrary, I am prepared to accept those assurances.</text>
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