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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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        <heading>Algal Bloom</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD</name>
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          <question date="2025-09-18T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3126" referenceid="5c423631416444aeb0c7e273b130ee55" uid="bf333a3009df43339ec2e38cc04d1e76">The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:00):</by>  Supplementary: the minister stated that her side of the chamber accepts the science. Does that mean in all circumstances, minister, that the government would accept a scientific opinion without questioning it under any circumstances?</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
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            <name>Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Forest Industries</name>
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          <question date="2025-09-18T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="6ac426afb82d4f2ebca4ab6db5a5b38d">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:00):</by>  It appears that those opposite think that one single report is all that anyone should look at. In fact, that kind of seems to suggest the ChatGPT approach, and I would be very surprised if the Hon. Dennis Hood really subscribed to that kind of an approach. I think he has far more credibility and, indeed, far more intellect than that. I think those opposite know what it means when one talks about accepting the science, accepting the evidence. Unfortunately, they choose not to do so.</text>
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