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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-04-30T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <heading>Question Time</heading>
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    <subject>
      <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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        <heading>Ambulance Ramping</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="2024-04-30T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Ambulance Ramping</name>
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        <startTime time="2024-04-30T14:33:51+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:33):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation prior to asking the Leader of the Government a question about election promises.</text>
        <text id="2024043052e48fb745fa426c80000050">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
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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 Royal Adelaide Hospital, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Flinders Medical Centre, Modbury Hospital and Noarlunga Hospital all continue to see record jumps in their monthly ramping statistics, with 4,095 hours of ramping recorded in March alone, bringing the Malinauskas government's record of ramping to more than 86,000 hours, costing a reported $5.2 million in paramedic wages. My questions to the leader are:</text>
        <text id="2024043052e48fb745fa426c80000052">1.&amp;#x9;Is fixing the ramping crisis still a core promise of his government and, if so, will it be delivered before the next election?</text>
        <text id="2024043052e48fb745fa426c80000053">2.&amp;#x9;Will the government reverse its decision to impose payroll tax on general practices from 1 July to aid delivery of its election promise?</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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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2024-04-30T14:34:50+09:30" />
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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) (14:34):</by>  I am happy to answer the question. As I said previously, we intend to keep all our election commitments.</text>
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