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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-06-05" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Brand South Australia</name>
      <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000252">
        <heading>Brand South Australia</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-06-05">
            <name>Brand South Australia</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-05T15:09:32" />
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000253">
          <timeStamp time="2019-06-05T15:09:32" />
          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (15:09):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment regarding Brand SA.</text>
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000254">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  Correspondence from Mr Peter Joy, the chair of Brand SA, has been provided today. I seek leave to table a copy of that letter.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000256">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Please give me the date, for the benefit of <term>Hansard</term>.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000257">
          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  It is 5 June 2019.</text>
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000258">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  I quote from this letter, which states:</text>
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          <inserted>I categorically tell you that neither I, our Board, nor our CEO released the letter from the Premier as you accused me of and I would like to know on what basis you formed that opinion.</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20190605d343e52288af437790000261">My question to the minister is: what role did the minister or his staff play in assisting the Speaker or the Premier in the other place to come to the decision that Mr Joy had disseminated a copy of the Premier's correspondence that led to the Premier and the Speaker being accused of misleading the parliament?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-05T15:10:48" />
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          <timeStamp time="2019-06-05T15:10:48" />
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:10):</by>  I think the easy answer would be none, but I will check with my staff. I didn't play any role in—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190605d343e52288af437790000264">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Supplementary question.</text>
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