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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. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-05-14T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55" uid="b3ff37bf781b495ab1e331bb7f052f46">The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (14:23):</by>  Supplementary: the minister said she deeply regrets the matter. Will she apologise for it?</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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            <name>Minister for Autism</name>
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            <name>Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing</name>
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            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="26792a1844ba442e81cc065ba4a32245">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:23):</by>  I think coming in yesterday and making sure that I was able to update the chamber, putting on the record that this should not have happened and that we are deeply regretful that this is a situation that people have been put into—and we have made sure that the MFS is working to meet the requirements that have been set out by SAET.</text>
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