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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-06-04" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Human Services Screening Unit</name>
      <text id="20200604750ad5604b57493780000052">
        <heading>Human Services Screening Unit</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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          <question date="2020-06-04">
            <name>Human Services Screening Unit</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-06-04T14:27:40" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27):</by>  So is the minister confirming now to the chamber that there are—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200604750ad5604b57493780000054">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Is this a supplementary?</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>  Supplementary: is the ministry confirming to the chamber—</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>  Order! I can't hear the supplementary question.</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>  If there were no officers of the screening unit under investigation, would the minister then be able to confirm that there is no-one under investigation?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <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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        <startTime time="2020-06-04T14:28:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:28):</by>  The Leader of the Opposition is clearly putting words in my mouth. May I say, I'm not sure where some of these inferences are coming from. Certainly, there have been some inferences on radio yesterday attacking public servants which I thought were grossly out of line. If the honourable member wants to start making accusations about inappropriate activities within the screening unit, then he should refer those to ICAC.</text>
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