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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-06-19" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>State Debt</name>
      <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000159">
        <heading>State Debt</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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          <question date="2019-06-19">
            <name>State Debt</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-19T14:27:18" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27):</by>  Supplementary question in relation to the answer just given: the Treasurer mentioned the level of debt. Can the Treasurer please inform the house whether, at any time under the previous Labor government, debt reached anywhere near approaching $20 billion?</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="2019-06-19">
            <name>State Debt</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-06-19T14:27:37" />
        <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000161">
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:27):</by>  The answer is no.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000163">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition and the Minister for Health and Wellbeing will cease their conversation.</text>
        <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000164">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000165">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Leader of the Opposition, I am sitting here, waiting for your frontbencher to ask her question. And that warning goes to you, Minister for Health and Wellbeing, as well. I'm sharing the love.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20190619664e5e7e1f37466db0000167">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Don't add insult to injury. The Hon. Ms Scriven.</text>
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