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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Medi-Hotels</name>
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        <heading>Medi-Hotels</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-02-03">
            <name>Medi-Hotels</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:30):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding COVID-19. Noting that the Treasurer said that it would open in the first week of February, when will the new medi-hotel known as Tom's hotel open to accommodate patients with COVID-19, and why has it taken more than 10 weeks to open the facility, given that the Premier said it would open before any new international travellers arrived?</text>
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      <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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          <question date="2021-02-03">
            <name>Medi-Hotels</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-02-03T14:30:55" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:30):</by>  In relation to the last assertion, the Premier indicated that we would have a dedicated facility pronto, which is exactly what we had. The Pullman facility provided a dedicated facility for COVID-positive people, and that continues to operate to this day. In terms of the Treasurer's comments, I have indicated that it is the government's expectation that the COVID-positive dedicated facility will be open in the first two weeks of February. We will have further announcements to make as they are available.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Ms Bourke, a supplementary.</text>
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