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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-05-14T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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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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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="ee971a60b6dd458c96d54332d4439b69" 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="2025-05-14T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-05-14T14:22:56+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="ee971a60b6dd458c96d54332d4439b69">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:22):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Emergency Services regarding the Metropolitan Fire Service travel allowance. Does the minister acknowledge that her statement yesterday that the situation was merely an 'administrative error' was a gross understatement and an insult to the hardworking firefighters here in South Australia?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Autism</name>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing</name>
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          <question date="2025-05-14T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-05-14T14:23:18+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="b2350293125044f78ff8a755c36cc457">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:23):</by>  As I highlighted in my previous comments and yesterday, this has been deeply regretful and one where we have appreciated the advocacy of the United Firefighters Union for representing their organisation and their workers. I will highlight again that we are deeply regretful and that this should not have happened.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="5d468aaa3a604bd0b97461a011fcdb90" kind="interjection">
        <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" uid="5d468aaa3a604bd0b97461a011fcdb90">The Hon. N.J. Centofanti:</by>  'We won't apologise.'</text>
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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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