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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-05-02" />
  <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>SA Pathology</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>SA Pathology</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-05-02">
            <name>SA Pathology</name>
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        <text id="201905027368a44dba9b46a3b0000634">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4363">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>(5 September 2018).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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        <questions>
          <question date="2019-05-02">
            <name>SA Pathology</name>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="201905027368a44dba9b46a3b0000636">
          <inserted>Professionals Australia, along with other unions, were invited to a post budget SA Health meeting at 9am on 5 September 2018. Professional Australia did not attend the meeting.</inserted>
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        <text id="201905027368a44dba9b46a3b0000637">
          <inserted>For March 2019, of the 1,742 SA Pathology employees, six employees across SA Pathology were paid an average of more than 50 hours per week. This includes both overtime and recall to work in an emergency.</inserted>
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