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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-06-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Return to Work Scheme</name>
      <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000320">
        <heading>Return to Work Scheme</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="6706" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2022-06-02">
            <name>Return to Work Scheme</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2022-06-02T14:19:59" />
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000321">
          <timeStamp time="2022-06-02T14:19:59" />
          <by role="member" id="6706">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:19):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Industrial Relations regarding the Return to Work scheme.</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000322">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000323">
          <by role="member" id="6706">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  The CFMEU has claimed that:</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000324">
          <inserted>The Malinauskas Government's plan directly breaks its promise to injured workers before the election. The South Australian Labor platform 2022 released in October 2021 contained a firm commitment against placing injured workers and their families into poverty.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000325">My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000326">1.&amp;#x9;Is the Malinauskas government breaking the commitment it gave to the CFMEU and injured workers before the March election?</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000327">2.&amp;#x9;How many other election commitments does the minister expect his government to break before the end of the term?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
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        <startTime time="2022-06-02T14:20:48" />
        <page num="432" />
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000328">
          <timeStamp time="2022-06-02T14:20:48" />
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Attorney-General, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:20):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. It is extraordinary that the Liberal opposition would be thinking this is an issue on which they could play politics.</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000329">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000330">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000331">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  The Summerfield decision was handed down in 2019.</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000332">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000333">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000334">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  There has been three years for the former Treasurer to make a decision.</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000335">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000336">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000337">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  Not just that, but the former Treasurer said publicly that the next parliament is going to have to make a decision on this, knowing and admitting that he squibbed making any sort of decision. He squibbed making any sort of decision. These are not easy decisions, but at the end of the day—</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000338">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000339">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Wade!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000340">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —at the end of the day a scheme that is not viable—</text>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000341">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000342">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20220602a53fe0918a1c4d2a90000343">
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —a scheme that is unfinancial can't help anyone, including injured workers.</text>
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