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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Smith, Ms A.M.</name>
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        <heading>Smith, Ms A.M.</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Smith, Ms A.M.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:16):</by>  Supplementary arising from the minister's answer—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  From the original answer.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —from the original answer where the minister said she wasn't sure if any of her ministerial colleagues found out before her: minister, have you even asked?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Minister for Human Services can answer if she wishes.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (15:17):</by>  Yes, I have. I have had so many discussions about this issue with—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I have had discussions with ministerial colleagues about a huge range of matters which cover this particular matter and in relation to some of the statutory authorities and a range of other things. I will just need to confer with my colleagues and double-check, but certainly my understanding is that that was not the case.</text>
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