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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-09-16T14:15:00+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>
    <subject uid="72a329f14dbd4707bcf820c463a30b96">
      <name>Wage Theft</name>
      <text id="20250916871ac6c2d7db4e08b0000100">
        <heading>Wage Theft</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="6017cdb776d04ebfb54e761b0c34411a" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-09-16T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Wage Theft</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-09-16T14:40:56+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="6017cdb776d04ebfb54e761b0c34411a">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:40):</by>  Supplementary: will the government audit payroll processes across all government agencies?</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>  Order! You wouldn't be surprised to know that didn't come out of the answer. Would you like to ask your third question, the honourable Leader of the Opposition?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="1dfe86e2641f481882aaaacdfd17bb76" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. N.J. Centofanti</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="1dfe86e2641f481882aaaacdfd17bb76">The Hon. N.J. Centofanti:</by>  If you look at the list, it's not me.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Sorry; pardon me. The Hon. Ben Hood.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  That was fun. Respect to the crossbench, who are not participating in this time-wasting exercise. Let's go with the Hon. Ben Hood.</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">An honourable member interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="96e71690a9894909a3cee97ffeb965b4">
        <name>The Hon. B.R. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="96e71690a9894909a3cee97ffeb965b4">The Hon. B.R. HOOD:</by>  Should I sit down again, Mr President, or just get on with it?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Would you like to ask a question? </text>
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      <talker role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="ad792182a79c4c5bba892d820ff7c20b">
        <name>The Hon. B.R. HOOD</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="7056" referenceid="8dfae82e584e4ef8b03b5e315458492b" uid="ad792182a79c4c5bba892d820ff7c20b">The Hon. B.R. HOOD:</by>  I would like to.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  That would be lovely.</text>
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