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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Trade, Tourism and Investment Department</name>
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        <heading>Trade, Tourism and Investment Department</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5244" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.E. HANSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Trade, Tourism and Investment Department</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:10):</by>  Supplementary: how many staff in the Department for Trade, Tourism and Investment have been made redundant, had their hours cut or been made to work as contractors; and how many unfilled position vacancies are there in your department?</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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          <question date="2019-06-20">
            <name>Trade, Tourism and Investment Department</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment) (15:10):</by>  I thank the member for a very clear question. I don't have all of those figures around number of contractors, number of unfilled positions, the number—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY:</by>  I'm surprised that members would expect me to have those figures at my fingertips, but I will take that question on notice and provide the honourable member with a clear and concise answer.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Mr Hanson, a further supplementary?</text>
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