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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>HealthCare Sector Workers</name>
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        <heading>HealthCare Sector Workers</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
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            <name>HealthCare Sector Workers</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" uid="b460063db3e242818f8a499ddea56c75">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:45):</by>  Supplementary: does the minister share the view of the Premier that workers who are demanding fair pay are belligerent, and will he be supporting the campaign of the United Workers Union for these workers to get fair pay?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>HealthCare Sector Workers</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="30a2267e21f44608a79ba9fa4f866361">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:45):</by>  Certainly, I think that some of the very lowest paid South Australian workers working in some of the most critical areas in our state, working for some of the people who have the most complex needs in our state, do deserve real wage increases that recognise the work they do. That is what we are working on with the union to find an outcome.</text>
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