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      <name>Member for Bragg, Speaker's Statement</name>
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        <heading>Member for Bragg, Speaker's Statement</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Member for Bragg, Speaker's Statement</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6827">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (15:18):</by>  Supplementary: the question was relating to whether you as Attorney-General were aware of the letter before or during the same time as the Speaker received the letter?</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6827">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO:</by>  When were you aware of the letter?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:19):</by>  If I can just ask so I can respond sensibly, which letter are you referring to my knowledge of?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6827">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO:</by>  The letter that was dated 26 April 2022 from the Hon. Vickie Chapman to the Speaker: when were you made aware of that letter?</text>
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        <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>  I certainly wasn't aware of that letter until after the advice had been sought.</text>
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