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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-11-15T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Optus Blackout</name>
      <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000420">
        <heading>Optus Blackout</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6928" referenceid="c092620e916d44159f200e0e1316c6a8" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2023-11-15T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Optus Blackout</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-11-15T14:53:30+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6928" referenceid="c092620e916d44159f200e0e1316c6a8">The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (14:53):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Attorney-General a question in relation to his role as Leader of the Government in this place.</text>
        <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000422">Leave granted.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6928" referenceid="c092620e916d44159f200e0e1316c6a8">The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON:</by>  In relation to the Optus blackout on Wednesday 8 November, the Premier said, 'We have a contract with Optus, as do other governments around the country. That is something that we will turn our mind to.' My questions to the Attorney-General are:</text>
        <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000424">1.&amp;#x9;What services was the government unable to deliver to South Australians at the time of the Optus blackout?</text>
        <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000425">2.&amp;#x9;What is the status of Optus's contractual obligations to the state government?</text>
        <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000426">3.&amp;#x9;Has the state government contacted Optus?</text>
        <text id="2023111522479cb5971e4321a0000427">4.&amp;#x9;Has Optus provided compensation or any other means of redress to the state government?</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="2023-11-15T14:54:19+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) (14:54):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her questions. Her questions traverse every single government department, I think, in what is being asked. I will have to take those on notice and bring back a reply for the honourable member.</text>
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