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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-02-08" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>COVID-19 Media</name>
      <text id="20220208c275ef3da9e2497fa0000099">
        <heading>COVID-19 Media</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="2022-02-08">
            <name>COVID-19 Media</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-02-08T14:53:36" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:53):</by>  A supplementary arising from the original answer to this question: is the minister concerned that issues are being raised as recently as Friday by InDaily about the politicisation, and as far back—as the minister notes—as December 2020?</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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        <questions>
          <question date="2022-02-08">
            <name>COVID-19 Media</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-02-08T14:53:57" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:53):</by>  If the honourable member wants to make vague allusions to an article without any reference, I would like to see where InDaily criticised SA Health's communications department for partisan activity. Either put up or shut up!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Further supplementary arising from the original answer.</text>
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        <text id="20220208c275ef3da9e2497fa0000103">The DEPUTY PRESIDENT:  Just before you ask your supplementary question, you are asking your supplementary questions and there is silence; when the minister gives an answer, I expect silence so that at least I can hear the answer.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. Wortley interjecting:</event>
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        <text id="20220208c275ef3da9e2497fa0000105">The DEPUTY PRESIDENT:  The Hon. Mr Wortley, hopefully it is your last few days, go out with some dignity. Okay, enough!</text>
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