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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SA Ambulance Service</name>
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        <heading>SA Ambulance Service</heading>
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        <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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            <name>SA Ambulance Service</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:45):</by>  Supplementary arising from the answer: in terms of the budget for ambulance services, is it more correct to say that there has been a $23 million decrease or an $11.5 million decrease over the last two years for SA Ambulance?</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="2021-03-03">
            <name>SA Ambulance Service</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:46):</by>  I would be interested to know your sources. What my sources tell me is that the Marshall Liberal government has increased the SAAS budget by 25 per cent since Labor's last budget.</text>
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