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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 Australian Employment Tribunal</name>
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        <heading>South Australian Employment Tribunal</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>South Australian Employment Tribunal</name>
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          <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" uid="44382ef4fa7948819ac983f4fe81d551">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (15:11):</by>  Supplementary question: I am assuming that the minister is actually going to take those questions he hasn't directly responded to on notice.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I am just waiting for the supplementary question.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" uid="afbd347f3f5a4ec8ae3ae56e32faa0b1" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="2742" referenceid="1df522b2c3094a7386fc17e1fb16d162" uid="afbd347f3f5a4ec8ae3ae56e32faa0b1">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  What are the generally considered minimum qualifications for appointment to the tribunal?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I think you did talk about the—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Excuse me. You did talk about qualifications.</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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            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-06-04T15:12:07+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="e8394643fa244ac4bbf5296838af023f">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:12):</by>  Yes, I am happy to answer that. As I said, governments of both persuasions have appointed people as commissioners to the SAET from a range of experiences, typically representing a balance of people with experience for both employees and employers.</text>
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