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      <name>Closing the Gap</name>
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        <heading>Closing the Gap</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:55):</by>  Supplementary question: can the minister advise which is the lead agency for that work that he referred to?</text>
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        <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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          <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) (14:55):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. In terms of the Closing the Gap reforms, the lead agency within government is the Attorney-General's Department, within which the department for Aboriginal affairs sits.</text>
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