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  <date date="2019-12-03" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Confucius Institute</name>
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        <heading>Confucius Institute</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-12-03">
            <name>Confucius Institute</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-12-03T14:54:37" />
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          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:54):</by>  A supplementary: does the honourable member feel that her role assisting the Premier on multicultural affairs is compromised by her role as what she once called brand ambassador but what is officially parliamentary ambassador of the Confucius Institute of the University of Adelaide?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4362" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.S. LEE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-12-03">
            <name>Confucius Institute</name>
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        <startTime time="2019-12-03T14:54:56" />
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          <by role="member" id="4362">The Hon. J.S. LEE (14:54):</by>  I do not believe my role has in any way been compromised by being the ambassador of the Confucius Institute. I have clarified that before. The role of the ambassadorship was by bipartisan and multipartisan agreement back then, when we were all promoting language studies within the Confucius Institute.</text>
        <text id="2019120386e4c46a99284884a0000181">Is there any evidence the honourable member would like to point out that the Confucius Institute, based at Adelaide University, has been involved in any wrongdoing? If that has been proven or if there is evidence, prove it or show it instead of just calling me out because I believe in language studies and believe in the development of language and culture within South Australia.</text>
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