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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Independent Commission Against Corruption Investigations</name>
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        <heading>Independent Commission Against Corruption Investigations</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2022-11-17T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Independent Commission Against Corruption Investigations</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-11-17T14:39:44+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e">The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:39):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Attorney-General a question about ICAC investigations.</text>
        <text id="20221117119790aefe384acab0000143">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e">The Hon. F. PANGALLO:</by>  It has been reported today that the ICAC commissioner and the Director of Public Prosecutions have both provided the Attorney with initial reports about the case involving former senior government bureaucrat John Hanlon. My questions to the Attorney are:</text>
        <text id="20221117119790aefe384acab0000145">1.&amp;#x9;Can you provide some details as to the contents of those reports?</text>
        <text id="20221117119790aefe384acab0000146">2.&amp;#x9;Are you considering referring the matter to the police commissioner for further investigations of any laws that may have been broken?</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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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2022-11-17T14:40:29+10:30" />
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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) (14:40):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question, his well-documented interest in this area and his contribution to furthering this debate in this chamber, before and after dinner last night. I think we talked briefly about this before in relation other questions honourable members have asked. I have received initial reports after my request on the afternoon—I think it was on 9 November last week—when the prosecution withdrew the charges against Mr Hanlon.</text>
        <text id="20221117119790aefe384acab0000148">I have received some initial reports. We have looked at those reports and will be seeking some further information. At a later stage, once that process has finished, we will consider whether some of the information can be released. There will, of course, be issues with some of these reports in relation to privilege, particularly legal professional privilege, but I am happy, once we have received the information and decided on a course of action, to provide further information to the honourable member.</text>
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