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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-10-17" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <startPage num="4637" />
  <endPage num="4714" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001205">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Mental Health Commission</name>
      <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001206">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Mental Health Commission</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-10-15" qonNum="151">
            <name>Mental Health Commission</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001207">
          <inserted>151 <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(15 October 2019).  </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001208">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Has Commissioner Burns applied for one of the part-time mental health commissioner positions?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001209">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;Given there will be three part-time mental health commissioners, who will be in charge of the Mental Health Commission?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001210">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;When was the decision made to replace a full-time commissioner and two part time commissioners with three part-time commissioners?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001211">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;Did the minister meet with Commissioner Burns to discuss the change from full time to part time prior to publishing the advertisements for the three part time roles?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001212">
          <inserted>5.&amp;#x9;Who advised the minister that part-time roles were preferred to full-time appointments?</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001213">
          <inserted>6.&amp;#x9;How many hours in a week does the minister believe the head of the Mental Health Commission should be working?</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-10-15" qonNum="151">
            <name>Mental Health Commission</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001214">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20191017341f49da9cb642b9b0001215">
          <inserted>The member is referred to my replies to questions in the Legislative Council on 25 September 2019.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
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