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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Greyhound Racing</name>
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        <heading>Greyhound Racing</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
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          <question date="2025-08-21T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Greyhound Racing</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" uid="1f665a0eefd749d9a8267ce49ea21721">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (14:45):</by>  Supplementary: what timeframe has the minister set for the implementation of these recommendations and what action will she be taking if the recommendations are not implemented?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="b5b6541860a2456e9c535ddc7a77ce1e" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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            <name>Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing</name>
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            <name>Minister for Autism</name>
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            <name>Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
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          <question date="2025-08-21T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Greyhound Racing</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="b5b6541860a2456e9c535ddc7a77ce1e">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (14:45):</by>  As was part of the recommendations that were put forward, they had two years to achieve those recommendations. We are just at the year mark, so they are halfway through. They have another year to achieve those recommendations.</text>
        <text id="2025082196963a4944c34fa2a0000122">As I said earlier, it is up to the greyhound industry to work through them, with oversight from the integrity body, to make sure they are being delivered. Some of the things they have achieved are that I understand Greyhound Racing SA has recently announced that Andrew Baker, a former ICAC Director of Investigations with a strong background in animal welfare and compliance, has been appointed as the organisation's new general manager for welfare and we are now the first state to ban artificial insemination as well. So there have been things that have been achieved because of these recommendations. They have a long way to go, but they know, more than anyone, that this industry is in their hands.</text>
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