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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-09-07T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Retail Workers</name>
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        <heading>Retail Workers</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-09-07T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Retail Workers</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-09-07T14:42:43+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f">The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (14:42):</by>  Supplementary question: is the Attorney aware of criticisms that the definition of retail worker has been drawn too broadly, flagged by those in the local community, and what work will be done to ensure that there is clarity of the definition of retail worker?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <question date="2022-09-07T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Retail Workers</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-09-07T14:42:59+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (14:42):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her supplementary. I am not aware of such concern that has been raised, but I am happy to look at it. I will have a look and take that into account, but we are keen to—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members 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>
        <text id="202209073dfe66a44e4e44bea0000092">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. Centofanti interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order, the honourable Leader of the Opposition!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  We are keen to make sure that those who are forward, facing customers, providing very important services, get as much protection as is possible. We won't apologise for making sure that, as broadly as possible, those who are on the frontline serving us, particularly in times of need like the pandemic, are given proper protections.</text>
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