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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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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Closing the Gap Implementation Plan</name>
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          <heading>Closing the Gap Implementation Plan</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. T.A. FRANKS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2025-11-25T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Closing the Gap Implementation Plan</name>
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            <timeStamp time="2025-11-26T00:00:00+10:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="4363" referenceid="93519aefc9814df9a5e20a43c35e142f" uid="419107352af04738b1ae85de709a1f24">the Hon. T.A. FRANKS </by>().16 October 2025).  </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="6f3ccf90ff3e48e2a84d0942f2b02cab" kind="answer">
        <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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          <question date="2025-11-25T00:30:00+10:30">
            <name>Closing the Gap Implementation Plan</name>
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            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="6f3ccf90ff3e48e2a84d0942f2b02cab">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 have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The South Australian government is committed to our Closing the Gap efforts. </inserted>
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          <inserted>It is important to note that our shared decision-making and activities toward Closing the Gap are governed by the 2024-26 implementation plan and the current partnership agreement with the South Australian Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation Network (SAACCON).</inserted>
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          <inserted>I encourage the Aboriginal Lands Trust to continue strengthening its relationship with SAACCON, by exploring opportunities for individual Lessees of the Aboriginal Lands Trust to become SAACCON members and looking for other opportunities to partner with SAACCON to progress Closing the Gap activities. </inserted>
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          <inserted>As we start work on our next implementation plan, now is the best time for those parties to engage to ensure that all contributions are considered.</inserted>
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