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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>OPCAT Agreement</name>
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        <heading>OPCAT Agreement</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>OPCAT Agreement</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:41):</by>  Supplementary: when is the minister going to reintroduce the legislation?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</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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          <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) (14:41):</by>  I appreciate the question. We are more than prepared to look at introducing legislation, but what I don't think we are going to do is pretend to do something, like the last government did. What the last government did was put up legislation. I don't know if they had any intention—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
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        <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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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —of it ever actually passing the parliament, but if ever it did pass the parliament, sir, do you know how many dollars were budgeted for it? I will tell you: zero—not a single cent.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! The honourable Deputy Leader of the Opposition, you have the call.</text>
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