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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-12-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Auslan Interpreters</name>
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        <heading>Auslan Interpreters</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-12-02">
            <name>Auslan Interpreters</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-12-02T14:59:41" />
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          <by role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:59):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. I welcomed the introduction of an Auslan interpreter at today's COVID presser. Will the minister now update the previous question asked as to why they have been so absent from more recent press conferences on COVID by the Marshall government?</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="2021-12-02">
            <name>Auslan Interpreters</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:00):</by>  I haven't received the answer to the previous question, but I would question the 'so absent'. I do agree that there were some press conferences where—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="4363">The Hon. T.A. Franks interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  As I said—</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="2021120294ac7d55e3d64296b0000299">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I would like to hear the minister's answer and I can't at the moment.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. Maher</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2021120294ac7d55e3d64296b0000300">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  It's very rude!</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="5178" />
        <text id="2021120294ac7d55e3d64296b0000301">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Leader of the Opposition, I can't hear the minister. I am sure the Hon. Ms Franks wants to hear him.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  I make the point that there have been occasions where there hasn't been an interpreter present and the honourable member rightly highlighted that we need to make sure that we are communicating to all South Australians. I haven't received an answer to the previous question, but I can assure you that SA Health is alert to the need to communicate broadly.</text>
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