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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Emerging Technologies</name>
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        <heading>Emerging Technologies</heading>
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        <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>Emerging Technologies</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:43):</by>  Supplementary arising from the answer: what criteria were used to come to the groups that were mentioned? How were they selected as the growth groups?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade</name>
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            <name>Emerging Technologies</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (14:43):</by>  The groups were selected, I suspect, by industry wanting to be involved. It's free, so people can join, they can volunteer to be involved. Again, this is an initiative where we are talking about industry leading things, not the government telling them what is good for them. It's about industry leading it. I mentioned the names of some of the groups there. Blockchain is one and some of the others that we are dealing with, it's an opportunity for industry to get involved. Industry-led is what this new government is about. It is not about trying to tell people what is good for them. It is about sitting down and listening to industry and giving them an opportunity to thrive.</text>
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