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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-02-07T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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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="202302074a08fd6c2be14e29a0000146">
        <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="2023-02-07T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-02-07T14:52:34+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:52):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Leader of the Government regarding safety in South Australia.</text>
        <text id="202302074a08fd6c2be14e29a0000148">Leave granted.</text>
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        <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>  Before the election, the Leader of the Government promised the people of South Australia that Labor would, and I quote, 'fix ramping'. Nearly a year on, ramping is worse than ever before. Latest SA Health data revealed on 4 February shows ramping has nearly doubled when compared to the former Liberal government's last full month in office. My question to the Leader of the Government in this chamber is: did he mislead the people of this state by promising 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="2023-02-07T14:53:12+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) (14:53):</by>  I don't think there was any misleading, but if the honourable member has a question in my portfolio areas I will of course be happy to answer it. If the honourable member—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202302074a08fd6c2be14e29a0000152">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! Have you finished your answer?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="interjection">
        <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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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  Yes, finished, sir.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Okay. Next question, the honourable Leader of the Opposition.</text>
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        <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, your second question.</text>
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