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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing</name>
      <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000413">
        <heading>COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5419" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-10-28">
            <name>COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Testing</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-10-28T14:48:40" />
        <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000414">
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:48):</by>  So the government doesn't intend to allow these do-it-yourself kits to be made available in South Australia, whereas they are available everywhere else and also in many parts of the world, and it will be left to Professor Spurrier—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000415">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  You have asked your question. It's a supplementary.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000416">
          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  It is.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  You have asked the question. The minister can respond.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  I haven't finished it, Mr President. And it will be left—</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000419">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Supplementary questions are not to be accompanied by something approaching a second reading speech or an explanation. You have asked the question. I will ask the minister to respond.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  Mr President, it was in relation to the response I received. What I was asking is: so these kits will not be made available and the decision will be left to Professor Spurrier and police commissioner Grant Stevens to decide whether or not these kits are made available to South Australians—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202110283da60cb5cde4492390000421">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The minister will answer the question now.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5419" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  —like they are everywhere else?</text>
      </talker>
      <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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        <startTime time="2021-10-28T14:49:41" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:49):</by>  Basically, what the honourable member just asked me is: is the Marshall Liberal government intending to continue to rely on public health advice? The answer is yes.</text>
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