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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-03-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Venture Capital Investment</name>
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        <heading>Venture Capital Investment</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2020-03-04">
            <name>Venture Capital Investment</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:31):</by>  I have a supplementary arising from the original answer. The minister has highlighted that he is very excited about the investment and opportunities in South Australia but can he highlight if he is concerned that the venture capital investment is drying up in South Australia?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Trade and Investment</name>
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          <question date="2020-03-04">
            <name>Venture Capital Investment</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:31):</by>  As I said, the members opposite like to highlight individual statistics. The information that we are getting—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Are we ready for the answer or do you want to answer it yourselves? Minister, continue please.</text>
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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>  They have highlighted some of the individual statistics. I am very confident that we will see a range of very exciting announcements made over the coming months by the government in relation to new investment in South Australia.</text>
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