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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-07-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Members, Accommodation Allowances</name>
      <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000314">
        <heading>Members, Accommodation Allowances</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="2020-07-22">
            <name>Members, Accommodation Allowances</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-07-22T14:17:47" />
        <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000315">
          <timeStamp time="2020-07-22T14:17:47" />
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:17):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of you, sir, regarding allowances.</text>
        <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000316">Leave granted.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000317">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  In response to revelations that Liberal Party MPs and ministers are repaying tens of thousands of dollars of previous claims for the country members' accommodation allowance, the Premier said:</text>
        <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000318">
          <inserted>…I've made it clear to my team they need to make it clear what those administrative errors were and rectify them as quickly as possible…</inserted>
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        <text continued="true" id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000319">My question to you, sir, is: have you reviewed all your claim forms, and have you found any administrative errors or other inaccuracies in your claim forms?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1819" kind="answer">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2020-07-22T14:18:30" />
        <text id="20200722b76ad9eb31784076b0000320">
          <timeStamp time="2020-07-22T14:18:30" />
          <by role="member" id="1819">The PRESIDENT (14:18):</by>  Honourable Leader of the Opposition, I refer you to my statement of Tuesday 30 June. I've got nothing further to add.</text>
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