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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-07-06T00:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Parliamentary Secretary</name>
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        <heading>Parliamentary Secretary</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6928" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. L.A. CURRAN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-07-06">
            <name>Parliamentary Secretary</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6928">The Hon. L.A. CURRAN (15:11):</by>  My questions are to the Parliamentary Secretary regarding her role:</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000151">1.&amp;#x9;How many events has she attended in her capacity as Parliamentary Secretary representing the Premier in the last month?</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000152">2.&amp;#x9;How many events has she attended in her capacity as Parliamentary Secretary representing any other minister in the last month?</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000153">3.&amp;#x9;How many events has she attended in her capacity as Parliamentary Secretary representing the Premier since her appointment?</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000154">4.&amp;#x9;How many events has she attended in her capacity as Parliamentary Secretary representing any other minister since her appointment?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-07-06">
            <name>Parliamentary Secretary</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (15:12):</by>  Thank you to the honourable member for her question and also for her great interest in my role.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="interjection">
        <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>  In your day-to-day life.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  My day-to-day life when I have a lunch break, which I don't have. I have attended many events to represent both the Premier and the ministers. There is a particular event, I think, that comes to mind that I went to last week. On Friday, Business SA had their largest ever event in seven years, and the guest speaker was none other than the Premier himself. It was quite a significant event. The reason that I guess it's important to highlight this is that it springs to mind that, in that time, we had a Liberal government.</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000158">When the Premier from the former government went to that event, I don't believe they had the biggest event in seven years. When he went there to speak to small businesses and businesses in South Australia he was not able to pack out a room. The Liberal Premier wasn't able to do that but, hang on a second, the Labor Premier was able to book out that room and enable Business SA to have the biggest event they have had in seven years.</text>
        <text id="202207064f08d7cec56245b8a0000159">The reason they were able to achieve that is that they know that this government has bold policies and that this government is listening to small businesses, medium businesses and large businesses. I do think we are attending a lot of events. We are a busy team on this side. We are getting around and listening to stakeholders. That is my job—to get out there and go to events, to listen to the community, to listen to constituents and that is what I'm doing. Please ask me some questions. Please.</text>
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