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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-09-18T14:15:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Basketball</name>
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        <heading>Basketball</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="0991737155c143a780308bc1694c4d66" 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="2025-09-18T04:45:00+09:30">
            <name>Basketball</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="0991737155c143a780308bc1694c4d66">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO (Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:14):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking questions of the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing regarding basketball in South Australia.</text>
        <text id="20250918212dd2584473489680000240">Leave granted.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="d0e371d04cb1479f9c437c90828d4b88" kind="question" continued="true">
        <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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          <by role="member" id="6827" referenceid="b04d90ce5a204cc6b8913d2697f86b49" uid="d0e371d04cb1479f9c437c90828d4b88">The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO:</by>  In light of growth in basketball in South Australia, my questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="20250918212dd2584473489680000242">1.&amp;#x9;Has the Office for Sport, Rec and Racing reviewed the operations of Basketball SA and their counterparts SA Country Basketball recently?</text>
        <text id="20250918212dd2584473489680000243">2.&amp;#x9;If a review has been conducted what was the outcome and, if not, when was the last review performed?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="bad51991b2564bfcb1a962ec5e4dff68" 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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            <name>Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-09-18T15:15:27+09:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="bad51991b2564bfcb1a962ec5e4dff68">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services, Minister for Autism, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:15):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her question. Obviously, lots of different codes of sport in our state are very active. I have had the privilege of being able to meet with many of them through this role and see the enthusiasm they bring to making sure that kids, adults and everyone in between can stay active.</text>
        <text id="20250918212dd2584473489680000245">Basketball SA is obviously one of the codes that we do meet with regularly and was one of the codes that we met with in regard to helping us save the women's Lightning team. This is an incredible show of support from our government and what we do invest in. We invest not only in our elite sports but also in our grassroots sports. That is what I have been really happy to be working with Basketball SA to achieve.</text>
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