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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>Regional Roads</name>
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        <heading>Regional Roads</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-11-12T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Regional Roads</name>
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          <by role="member" id="6706" referenceid="c8683bcbb226495ebf16e224a5e3db3c" uid="9559c670ac904c02a958b2ca98625d5f">The Hon. N.J. CENTOFANTI (Leader of the Opposition) (14:42):</by>  Supplementary: why didn't the minister put in a submission to the federal government's consultation process, given the fact that whatever is decided will impact South Australians on South Australian regional roads?</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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          <question date="2025-11-12T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Regional Roads</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="5991c669b5a746deb695fbfaa4df567b">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Autism) (14:42):</by>  There is a reason the federal government undertook this review, to go out to the community and undertake a survey. Then, when you become a minister you get to go and join other ministers and you get to have a conversation about the findings, where you can have a say on behalf of the government, where we all discuss the issues that are happening around the country, things that may impact one community, things that may impact another community. That is where you have these discussions—</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. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Infrastructure and Transport</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5413" referenceid="07ef1306959a44c38acfb7dce9a031db" uid="46a04634320746eeb2b3fec0bdaaf0a5">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE:</by>  —not in the chamber, just because those opposite are asking them.</text>
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