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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Equal Opportunity Act</name>
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        <heading>Equal Opportunity Act</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
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            <name>Equal Opportunity Act</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:54):</by>  Supplementary: will the government move to amend the Equal Opportunity Act to remove religious exemptions that allow discrimination of LGBTI people at work and in education institutions?</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>Equal Opportunity Act</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) (14:54):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question. We are always looking for ways to improve what the Equal Opportunity Act does and how it protects South Australians.</text>
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