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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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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>Torrens to Darlington Project</name>
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        <heading>Torrens to Darlington Project</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-10-28T03:45:00+10:30">
            <name>Torrens to Darlington Project</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" uid="ecd46ff4cfc14811bff31efa758728a2">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS (15:03):</by>  Supplementary?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I am not sure where we get a worthy supplementary question out of that answer because it's probably one of the worst Dorothy's I have heard. Please, minister, don't do that again—people in pyjamas! Give me a break.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. R.A. SIMMS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="6802" referenceid="c1fd605273be4c058a02036c43289159" uid="768bf36a95244b4eb781085c79228d94">The Hon. R.A. SIMMS:</by>  How much did the state government pay for the boring machines, and what is the overall state government contribution to the north-south corridor project?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I'm not sure that any of that was in the answer—I heard pyjamas and deckchairs—but, minister, if you want to have a crack.</text>
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        <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 Autism</name>
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            <name>Minister for Emergency Services and Correctional Services</name>
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        <startTime time="2025-10-28T15:04:28+10:30" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="c2d12d5ac20e43b4883df9acb4637450">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Autism) (15:04):</by>  I apologise to the President, who is not wanting to hear about the biggest infrastructure project we have ever had in our state.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Okay, sit down. The Hon. Ms Bonaros.</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>  No; the Hon. Ms Bonaros. I have had enough of that.</text>
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