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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-02-17" />
  <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>
    <subject>
      <name>Enterprise Bargaining</name>
      <page num="2676" />
      <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000299">
        <heading>Enterprise Bargaining</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="2021-02-17">
            <name>Enterprise Bargaining</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:14):</by>  Further supplementary: the Treasurer in his answer talked about 'sensible and cooperative'. Can the Treasurer outline which particular unions he thinks are not sensible and not cooperative?</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000302">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2021-02-17T15:14:32" />
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          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (15:14):</by>  I have nothing further to add, other than only those leaders, the union bosses who are prepared to settle sensible—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000305">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  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>  —reasonable salary increases with the government.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000308">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>  Very sensible—</text>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000310">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000311">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>  —and we certainly encourage all of those who have been reluctant to come to the table and to settle a sensible agreement—</text>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000313">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000314">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition 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>  —and encourage them to follow the leadership we have seen in relation to some of these—</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="1819">
        <name>The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000316">
          <by role="member" id="1819">The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS:</by>  Point 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>  —or those that we have seen in the enterprise agreement.</text>
      </talker>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000318">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! The Treasurer will resume his seat. Point of order, the Hon. Mr Stephens.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1819">
        <name>The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000319">
          <by role="member" id="1819">The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition is constantly shouting 'gutless' at the Treasurer. I don't think that is parliamentary.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210217bb776ba9a81e444080000320">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I don't think there is any point of order. My greatest concern is that the leader continues to ask questions and then continues to shout over the top of the answer, and I think it is time we moved on.</text>
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