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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-09-23" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Health Services</name>
      <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000059">
        <heading>Health Services</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="2020-09-23">
            <name>Health Services</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-09-23T14:27:48" />
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000060">
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:27):</by>  Final supplementary arising from the answer: I am interested in if the minister can outline his understanding of whether targeted voluntary—</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000061">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No explanation; just a question.</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="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000062">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Do targeted voluntary separation packages encourage and incentivise people to leave the system?</text>
      </talker>
      <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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        <startTime time="2020-09-23T14:28:06" />
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000063">
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:28):</by>  I heard an interjection from the opposition, which was asking about how many left. That 600—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000064">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Point of order: I ask you to rule on whether it is parliamentary to even refer to interjections, let alone not answer the question.</text>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000065">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. Bourke interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000066">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Ms Bourke will be quiet and the Leader of the Opposition will resume his seat. The minister should not be referring to an interjection, he should respond to the supplementary question as asked.</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="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000067">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  The answer to the supplementary question is yes, indeed, TVSPs are voluntary.</text>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000068">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20200923b72d25ffc29d474280000069">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No conversations across the chamber. The honourable deputy leader has the call.</text>
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