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      <name>Regional Bank Closures</name>
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        <heading>Regional Bank Closures</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
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          <question date="2023-05-16T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Regional Bank Closures</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:58):</by>  Supplementary: in addition to making a submission, has the minister written to Westpac and, if not, why not?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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            <name>Regional Bank Closures</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:58):</by>  I have written to the investigation nationally. Interestingly, I couldn't see anything from the Greens to that national inquiry either. I'm happy to be corrected if the state Greens have made a submission as well, but I think it would have been really quite meaningful if all of us in this place—opposition, crossbench and the government—had made a submission because it was certainly something that was raised a number of times in this place.</text>
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