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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Child Sex Offenders</name>
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        <heading>Child Sex Offenders</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON</name>
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          <question date="2024-08-29T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Child Sex Offenders</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6928" referenceid="c092620e916d44159f200e0e1316c6a8">The Hon. L.A. HENDERSON (14:57):</by>  Supplementary question: can the minister confirm whether he and his government are lobbying his interstate counterparts to adopt this change, as he has noted that he would like to see it consistently applied on a national platform?</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>Child Sex Offenders</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) (14:57):</by>  As I said, if we are seeing change in this area it's something I would like to see as a consistent change throughout Australia, but if that doesn't happen we are happy to look at doing it in South Australia ourselves.</text>
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