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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2024-11-12T14:15:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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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>Questions on Notice</name>
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        <heading>Questions on Notice</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="2024-11-12T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Questions on Notice</name>
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        <startTime time="2024-11-12T14:25:19+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:25):</by>  I seek leave to provide a brief explanation before asking a question of the Leader of the Government in this place regarding overdue and unanswered questions on notice.</text>
        <text id="202411126a33ed72936a4a68b0000050">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>  As of today, 13 questions on notice are overdue in this place, with some of those questions being overdue by over three months. My questions to the Leader of the Government in this place are:</text>
        <text id="202411126a33ed72936a4a68b0000052">1.&amp;#x9;Does the leader believe he is above standing order 98c?</text>
        <text id="202411126a33ed72936a4a68b0000053">2.&amp;#x9;What instructions does the leader provide to officers and departments and his fellow ministers in regard to the prioritising of questions on notice?</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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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <startTime time="2024-11-12T14:26:00+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) (14:26):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. I think, compared to the pages and pages, often, of questions left unanswered by Liberal governments of years gone by—</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="202411126a33ed72936a4a68b0000056">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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        <text id="202411126a33ed72936a4a68b0000057">
          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  As I said, of Liberal governments gone by. I am happy to have a look at the 13 questions—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010">The Hon. K.J. MAHER:</by>  —the honourable member refers to and to see from where they have come and to look to bring them back as soon as possible, as we always endeavour to do.</text>
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