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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-09-27T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
      <text id="20220927e82c04ddd1da4ef2a0000339">
        <heading>Ambulance Ramping</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2022-09-27T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-09-27T14:24:36+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Attorney-General a question about health.</text>
        <text id="20220927e82c04ddd1da4ef2a0000341">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  On social media posts, the member for Reynell promised on 25 February to 'stop the ramping of ambulances'. In a post on 27 February, the Attorney-General stated, 'We will fix the ramping crisis.' The member for Hurtle Vale on 11 March promised to 'stop ramping'.</text>
        <text id="20220927e82c04ddd1da4ef2a0000343">Since the election, ambulances have been ramped for a total of 17,292 hours. That is the equivalent of 722½ days or two years' worth of paramedics' time spent sitting outside hospitals instead of responding to emergency calls. My question to the Attorney is: does the Attorney acknowledge that his government is failing to deliver on its key election promise to fix ramping?</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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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-09-27T14:25:31+09:30" />
        <text id="20220927e82c04ddd1da4ef2a0000344">
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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) (14:25):</by>  No.</text>
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