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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Parliamentary Committees</name>
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        <name>The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Parliamentary Committees</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6928" referenceid="c092620e916d44159f200e0e1316c6a8">The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (15:05):</by>  My question is to the Attorney-General as the Leader of Government in the Legislative Council. Do you think it is appropriate or acceptable conduct for a government-appointed Chairperson to storm out of a committee meeting and to prevent democratic debate from occurring?</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>Parliamentary Committees</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) (15:06):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question, but I have no idea what she is talking about.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  You do need to be careful that you are not disclosing the deliberations of a committee within the Legislative Council.</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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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. Maher:</by>  She could be thrown out for that, couldn't she?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  No, she won't be thrown out for that. It's part of the education process and the other thing is—</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! I will be interested to listen to your supplementary question, given the answer that was given.</text>
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