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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-11-25T11:00:00+10:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Training Organisations</name>
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          <heading>Training Organisations</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-11-25T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Training Organisations</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-11-26T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="5419" referenceid="10d60568293c40059d4659591683f18e" uid="de73531fcf6e44d4a0882fc839e730ca">the Hon. F. PANGALLO </by>().16 October 2025).  </inserted>
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        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
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            <name>Deputy Premier</name>
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            <name>Attorney-General</name>
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            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
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            <name>Training Organisations</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="c492a5f022804bf2bfd685600401a669">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Deputy Premier, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  I am advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>Matters relating to an individual's membership of a political party are questions for the relevant party, not for the South Australian government. </inserted>
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          <inserted>The Minister for Education, Training and Skills has advised: </inserted>
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          <inserted>From a training and skills perspective, the state government is not involved and has never been involved with Spark SA Investment Pty Ltd, as they have never had an agreement in place with the minister to deliver funded accredited training in South Australia.</inserted>
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