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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-09-26T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Director of Public Prosecutions Office</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>Director of Public Prosecutions Office</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-09-26T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Director of Public Prosecutions Office</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55">the Hon. D.G.E. HOOD </by>().30 August 2023).  </inserted>
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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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          <question date="2023-09-26T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Director of Public Prosecutions Office</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):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Additional funding was provided to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions including, over the forward estimates, for Operation Ironside. This includes $6 million in the 2022-23 budget with a further $6.4 million provided in the 2022-23 Mid-Year Budget Review.</inserted>
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          <inserted>In addition to Operation Ironside, a further $2.2 million was provided in the 2022-23 Mid-Year Budget Review for other complex legal matters.</inserted>
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