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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-05-12" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Loxton Hospital Complex</name>
      <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000139">
        <heading>Loxton Hospital Complex</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2020-05-12">
            <name>Loxton Hospital Complex</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-05-12T14:39:54" />
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          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:39):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding country hospital safety upgrades. Have the immediate and shovel-ready fire and safety upgrades at the Loxton hospital been completed?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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          <question date="2020-05-12">
            <name>Loxton Hospital Complex</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-05-12T14:40:19" />
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000141">
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40):</by>  Is that Loxton?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000142">
          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY:</by>  Loxton.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000143">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  I am pretty sure that's close to 'Luckindale'.</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000144">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000145">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  The government is pleased—</text>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000146">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000147">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Ridgway! Minister, answer the question.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202005128c024a3a7bb443a1a0000148">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  —to be investing money in the fire services compliance upgrades which involves fire tanks, pumps and sprinklers at the Loxton hospital. As the honourable member is wanting to remind the house, this is another example of the legacy of neglect that we inherited from the former Labor government. That's why this government, in that project, I am advised, is expending $2.155 million. The honourable member will be very pleased to know that next month, June 2020, the proposed tender will be released, and that project will be delivered by February 2021.</text>
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