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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-06-04T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>South Coast Algal Bloom</name>
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        <heading>South Coast Algal Bloom</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="c2bc99447a4a49ecbfd13c89576ac57f" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-06-04T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>South Coast Algal Bloom</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-06-04T14:59:22+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="c2bc99447a4a49ecbfd13c89576ac57f">The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:59):</by>  What, if any, consideration has been given to compensation by government for those impacted and, in the alternative, has consideration been given to waiving any fees that may be payable to PIRSA?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Again, it has to come from the original answer.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d">The Hon. C. Bonaros interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The fees thing was not in the original answer.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d">The Hon. C. Bonaros interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  That's okay. Is it okay if I rule that way without your guidance? Minister, if you could answer the first part of the supplementary question, and then we are going to move on.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="63fc9c1a66ea4dc09ae9e2f2a66728cc" kind="answer">
        <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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        <startTime time="2025-06-04T15:00:03+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="63fc9c1a66ea4dc09ae9e2f2a66728cc">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:00):</by>  As I responded yesterday, as at that time, to my knowledge, no-one had reached out seeking compensation. As I say, closures do happen from time to time. I would point out that fishers would likely be eligible for assistance through the Rural Business Support grants, the $1,500 grants, because obviously the algal bloom appears to be linked to the drought issue, so they are welcome to inquire and see if they will be eligible for that.</text>
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