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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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        <heading>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="d5943424ba4d480485fdff616a3042e6">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:07):</by>  Why weren't processes in place already to ensure changes in staff did not result in failures of basic procedures?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  You did touch on that, Attorney.</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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            <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" uid="1f0a9817b4e84e75a0b2998a55e8823d">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:07):</by>  I am happy to refer the honourable member to not just the answer I gave but the reasons given in the judgement. I think they explain it pretty thoroughly.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! I hope you are referring to the Attorney and not me.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Stop it. Enough!</text>
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