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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Animal Welfare Bill</name>
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          <heading>Animal Welfare Bill</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-04-01T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Animal Welfare Bill</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-04-02T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" uid="545c160c7d494695b4004f3f74f18aaa">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>().19 February 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="f68b91a9c89f4ca288ae60367badb17f" 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>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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          <question date="2025-04-01T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Animal Welfare Bill</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="f68b91a9c89f4ca288ae60367badb17f">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Climate, Environment and Water has advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>In the drafting of the Animal Welfare Bill 2025, all views, including those of the public and the various impacted industries were taken into account. The full consultation reports can be found on the Department for Environment and Water's website.</inserted>
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