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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>Algal Bloom</name>
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        <heading>Algal Bloom</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-10-14T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Algal Bloom</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="9927f709682b4164abf7063ea3cbe26a">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (15:02):</by>  Supplementary, Mr President.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I will listen to it, arising from the answer. The honourable Leader of the Opposition.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="3ca61312f49c48b7a4f9e7ecdbd6cb37">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI:</by>  Can the minister state with 100 per cent certainty that the government knows the exact cause of the algal bloom and, if not, why does an official government website state that it does?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="37fa37c96b1b42b3be25658b2e46126f" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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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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        <startTime time="2025-10-14T15:03:06+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="37fa37c96b1b42b3be25658b2e46126f">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (15:03):</by>  The algal bloom has contributing factors. Three of the main ones, as we have outlined—</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!</text>
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        <name>The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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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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          <by role="member" id="5412" referenceid="f6f1a5ffd4774774bcc2b9675cc1d44d" uid="37ae613e954e45c79936cba00308cb6f">The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN:</by>  —are the upwelling, things such as increased nutrients which can be from the River Murray floods; the marine heatwave; and the weather conditions. All of these things are contributing factors. This is entirely consistent with what we have said all along based on the advice that we have.</text>
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