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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>South Coast Algal Bloom</name>
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        <heading>South Coast Algal Bloom</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-06-03T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>South Coast Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="65fb253dfa2546bb80d5c1e70effcef4">The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:02):</by>  Supplementary: </text>
        <text id="202506032ce2ffda1c1744d980000317">1.&amp;#x9;What has the department done publicly to let people know seafood, and particularly oysters, outside of the areas that she has identified is indeed safe to eat?</text>
        <text id="202506032ce2ffda1c1744d980000318">2.&amp;#x9;Can the minister provide an update on those areas that have been subject to quarantine in terms of the timeframe for their closures?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2025-06-03T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>South Coast Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="83f8c77a2b524f1c808795fe5400afc3">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:02):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her supplementary question. The second question I think I covered in my answer. I talked about the areas that have closures and that that affects only 5 per cent. We had discussions with industry about the best way to be able to get that message out, and there has been a number of different mechanisms. There has been an update on, I believe from memory, both the Department for Environment and Water as well as PIRSA websites, although I am happy to check that for currency. </text>
        <text id="202506032ce2ffda1c1744d980000320">But also we discussed with industry that the best thing was for industry to really get that message out. Governments talking about safety perhaps go to a different audience. What we wanted was that message to get out to consumers, but importantly to overseas markets. When we have anything that results in a closure, we don't want to see an impression or perception negatively impacting all of our—in this case—oyster farmers when in fact the vast majority, 95 per cent in this case, were not affected. I know that the oyster association did a number of media activities, and we were happy to support them in that.</text>
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