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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-11-11" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
      <text id="20201111b5c2e98ec3b7426480000293">
        <heading>Electric Vehicles</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3125" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2020-11-11">
            <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-11-11T15:15:03" />
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          <by role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (15:15):</by>  My question is to the Treasurer regarding tax. Can the Treasurer understand why being the least attractive place in Australia, or even the world, to own an electric car sends a wrong message to investors and consumers?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2020-11-11">
            <name>Electric Vehicles</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-11-11T15:15:20" />
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:15):</by>  South Australia won't be the least attractive place in the world to own an electric car.</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!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20201111b5c2e98ec3b7426480000298">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  Possibly if a state Labor government was re-elected, that might be the case, but certainly if there is a Liberal government—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. Ridgway interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:  Order!</by> The Hon. Mr Ridgway is out of order.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  —it will not be the least attractive place to make any investment, whether it is an electric car, commercial property, residential property or any investment in the state.</text>
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