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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2023-11-30T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Cross Border Commissioner</name>
      <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000081">
        <heading>Cross Border Commissioner</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="2023-11-30T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Cross Border Commissioner</name>
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        <startTime time="2023-11-30T14:26:34+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before addressing a question to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, that she probably won't answer, regarding the Cross Border Commissioner.</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="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000084">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000085">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>  The 2022-23 annual report for the Cross Border Commissioner states as a key initiative that quarterly meetings are to be held between the Cross Border Commissioner and the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development to speak about key issues. My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000087">1.&amp;#x9;How many times has the minister formally met with the Cross Border Commissioner over the last 12 months since her appointment to the role in December 2022?</text>
        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000088">2.&amp;#x9;When were those meetings?</text>
        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000089">3.&amp;#x9;Can the minister confirm that an executive support officer has indeed been recruited to manage the Cross Border Commissioner office and is active in that role?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. R.A. Simms</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. Simms:</by>  If only we could see her diaries.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000091">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" kind="answer">
        <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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        <startTime time="2023-11-30T14:27:42+10:30" />
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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) (14:27):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. It is good that she is taking the lead from the Hon. Mr Pangallo, who asked a relevant question earlier in the week. Since those opposite have run out of ideas, they are now trying to steal Frank's, so it's very good.</text>
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        <text id="2023113043f4701e9014422cb0000093">Certainly, I have met on a number of occasions formally with the Cross Border Commissioner, some via Teams and some in person in Mount Gambier. I can't remember off the top of my head, obviously, the dates. I am happy to bring that back on notice.</text>
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