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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2022-10-18T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2023-07-06T09:34:29+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Assistant Minister to the Premier</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Assistant Minister to the Premier</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="2022-10-18T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="119">
            <name>Assistant Minister to the Premier</name>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000811">
          <inserted>119 <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) </by>().8 September 20228 September 2022).  Can the Premier advise—</inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000812">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;What is the total number of events attended by the Assistant Minister to the Premier as a representative for the Premier since her appointment to the role of Assistant Minister? </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000813">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;What is the total number of events attended by the Assistant Minister to the Premier as a representative for any minister since her appointment to the role of Assistant Minister?  </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000814">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;How many events has the Assistant Minister to the Premier attended per month as a representative for the Premier since her appointment to the role of Assistant Minister?  </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000815">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;How many events has the Assistant Minister to the Premier attended per month as a representative for any minister since her appointment to the role of Assistant Minister? </inserted>
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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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          <question date="2022-10-18T03:45:00+10:30" qonNum="119">
            <name>Assistant Minister to the Premier</name>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000816">
          <inserted>
            <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):</by>  The Premier has advised :</inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000817">
          <inserted>I am advised that in her role as the Assistant Minister to the Premier the Hon. Emily Bourke MLC provides support to me and the ministry. I understand the importance and value of being part of a team and am pleased the Assistant Minister supports me or any minister as required. </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000818">
          <inserted>The Assistant Minister attends and represents the Premier and ministers at events in the community, provides policy support as well as attending events in her own capacity as the Assistant Minister to the Premier. </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000819">
          <inserted>I am advised in this way the Assistant Minister has attended many events over the past months including award ceremonies, program launches, multicultural events, panel discussions, conferences, tours, site visits and community functions to name a few. </inserted>
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        <text id="20221018c162647d422f466e90000820">
          <inserted>I am advised that Assistant Minister looks forward to continuing to support the Malinauskas Labor government team in both her roles as the Assistant Minister to the Premier and as the newly appointed, nation first, Assistant Minister for Autism.</inserted>
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