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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>McGowan, Dr C.</name>
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        <heading>McGowan, Dr C.</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. J.E. HANSON</name>
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            <name>McGowan, Dr C.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5244">The Hon. J.E. HANSON (14:34):</by>  Supplementary based on that response: does the minister still maintain confidence in his chief executive, given what has transpired between his office and the independent investigator?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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            <name>McGowan, Dr C.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:35):</by>  Let me be clear: I have confidence in my chief executive. I am not accepting the tale because I am not going to go into conversations with independent investigators. Labor might like to play out the soap opera, in question time, of 'he said, she said'. I am going to respect the independent investigator and the important task that he has.</text>
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