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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-03-30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>NationBuilder</name>
      <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000056">
        <heading>NationBuilder</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="2021-03-30">
            <name>NationBuilder</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-03-30T14:29:56" />
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000057">
          <timeStamp time="2021-03-30T14:29:56" />
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:29):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief statement before asking the minister responsible for the public sector a question regarding public sector practices.</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000058">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  A brief explanation, I believe you are probably asking for. Is leave granted?</text>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000059">Leave granted.</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="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000060">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  The minister responsible for the public sector has repeated comments attributed to NationBuilder but didn't go on to quote NationBuilder as saying, quote:</text>
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          <inserted>As the Premier of South Australia Stephen Marshall and the South Australian Liberal Party have explained, they use NationBuilder's tools for campaigning, fundraising, email and data management.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000062">My question to the minister responsible for the public sector is: in addition to media releases, what other state government's websites use embedded links from state Liberal leader or NationBuilder or other external Liberal Party websites?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <startTime time="2021-03-30T14:30:38" />
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000063">
          <timeStamp time="2021-03-30T14:30:38" />
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer) (14:30):</by>  As I understand from public statements, NationBuilder is used by political parties across the globe both—</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="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000065">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000066">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  —Labor—</text>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000067">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000068">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000069">
          <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS:</by>  —and Liberal.</text>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000070">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000071">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Hood has the call—</text>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000072">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000073">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  —and will be heard in silence!</text>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000074">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202103309e8f263056f942b8a0000075">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! The Hon. Mr Hood.</text>
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