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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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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
      <text id="202506041e8f0620034f4453a0000035">
        <heading>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="e798821c9b804b4eab1990ea78e7aceb" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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          <question date="2025-06-04T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-06-04T14:28:29+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="e798821c9b804b4eab1990ea78e7aceb">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:28):</by>  Supplementary: what was the error identified by Shared Services, and what is being done to ensure that these sorts of issues don't continue to happen?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="c5124bfd6d37449bbc4c232468c911b4" kind="answer">
        <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="2025-06-04T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Metropolitan Fire Service Travel Allowance</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-06-04T14:28:42+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="c5124bfd6d37449bbc4c232468c911b4">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:28):</by>  As I advised, this is a Shared Services matter and falls within the Treasurer's portfolio.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202506041e8f0620034f4453a0000039">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order!</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="dd211c16f7ca472a84f9fa37d304a36f" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
          </portfolio>
          <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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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="dd211c16f7ca472a84f9fa37d304a36f">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  In regard to steps that have been taken, this is not good enough, and that is why on Sunday night I brought together the Treasurer, the CE of the MFS and the head of the United Firefighters Union, and I was advised Shared Services will complete the urgent EFT payments for these claims at the earliest opportunity. I also met yesterday with Shared Services and the MFS to get to the bottom of how these errors occurred to help ensure this does not happen again. I understand from this that Shared Services will implement a robust process with the MFS moving forward. As Shared Services sits within the responsibility of the Treasurer, any further questions regarding Shared Services will need to be directed as such.</text>
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