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Mr Tony Burke

I move: That so much of the standing and sessional orders be suspended as would prevent the whole debate time…

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David Pocock

No, Barb, you go; you're out front,

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

I know we're getting between Pete's family and friends and drinks and celebrations and reflections, so I want…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pauline Hanson

Prime Minister promised to be accountable and transparent

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anne Ruston

Prime Minister Albanese said:

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pauline Hanson

Any time the Greens get up to talk about how we should manage our energy, it should be met with extreme scepti…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

We have this resource. It's finite. It needs to be part of the transition. Let's actually get a fair return fo…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 569. Leave granted. Senator DAVID POCOCK…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pauline Hanson

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. I seek leave to table an explanatory memorandum relating t…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pauline Hanson

I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to protect the Australian community from for…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

I move: That the following bill be introduced: A Bill for an Act to amend the law relating to superannuation,…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

by leave—I advise the Senate that Senator Kovacic has been appointed Chief Opposition Whip in the Senate. I al…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jane Hume

Under Labor, real wages have fallen back to around 2011 levels, yet yesterday your own leader here in the Sena…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jane Hume

The RBA has warned repeatedly that low or negative productivity growth will force it to raise interest rates.…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jane Hume

My question is to the minister representing— Honourable senators interjecting— The PRESIDENT 1120…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

With respect, Senator Mckenzie, you are asking me to speculate— Senator McKenzie 207825 No,…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Bridget McKenzie

If the Victorian royal commission finds that organised crime or corrupt operators profited from Commonwealth f…

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

There are quite a number of aspects of that question, some of which go to what discussions were had between th…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Bridget McKenzie

Prime Minister said he had received assurances from the then Premier of Victoria, Jacinta Allan, that Commonwe…

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

I thank Senator Mckenzie for the question. As I think I have indicated to her and perhaps to Senator Cash in r…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Bridget McKenzie

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. The Victorian Labor government h…

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

There are 640,000 Australians living in extreme housing stress. So far, halfway through, the HAFF has built 1,…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

Minister, Productivity Commission Chair Danielle Wood recently said that the net social housing stock across o…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anne Ruston

Minister, as the minister responsible for the status of women in this country, do you accept that a gesture of…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anne Ruston

The Prime Minister has previously apologised unequivocally for the disrespectful comments he made about Kylie…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anne Ruston

My question is to the Minister for Women, Senator Gallagher. In April 2022, the then opposition leader, Anthon…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

That is not the case, and I refer you to the answer I gave in relation to your previous question. I would enco…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

Senator, there are quite a few assertions in that question with which I don't agree, about the consequences of…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Penny Wong

I thank the senator for the question, and I thank him for the opportunity to confirm that the government will…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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David Pocock

Aussie whistleblowers continue to wait for reform. They continue to be prosecuted and suffer under a broken sy…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pauline Hanson

The first responsibility of any government is to keep Australians safe. Australians rightfully expect this gov…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

How many times has this issue arisen in the past five years?

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Could I confirm, just for the Hansard record, that the government is categorically denying that this legislati…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

I think I understand your evidence. There's a current process in place. You're unable to give me evidence, but…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Can you confirm that the current CDPP will be subject to this new legislation despite the Ben Roberts-Smith pr…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

So is it your evidence, therefore, that at this present point in time there are no protocols in place? I'm not…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

That wasn't my question, with all due respect. I asked a very simple question. This is a bill that is changing…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

What protocols are currently in place to ensure that the director of the CDPP is quarantined from any matters…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Yes, the employment history has been disclosed.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Okay. So I can just confirm, then, the CDPP was involved in the investigation of the war crimes she is now in…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Could you please point me to the evidence in the reviews that you referred to that specifically recommended th…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Again I ask: is the potential conflict of interest in the case of the current CDPP the reason for the legislat…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Michaelia Cash

Well, the last time I checked, Senate estimates is not for a number of months, and we currently are being aske…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator Bragg, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the Tre…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator McKenzie, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator Paterson, I move: That there be laid on the table by the Minister representing the…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

I move: That, in accordance with the provisions of the Public Works Committee Act 1969, the following propose…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Maria Kovacic

At the request of Senator Henderson, I withdraw general business notices of motion No. 577 and 578 for today.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

Well, we won't be lectured by those opposite about wages. We all sat here for years watching you do absolutely…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

Well, maybe. We'll have to look at everything—put everything on the table.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

As you've heard in my public comments where I have been asked about this—and I was, extensively, yesterday—I i…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

The Prime Minister has dealt with this. He has. As much as it's inconvenient for you, Senator Ruston, the Prim…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

I don't know who handed you that question, Senator Ruston, but if it were me I might have politely declined. I…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

I thank Senator Ghosh for that supplementary as well. There were important changes that came into effect on 1…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

I thank Senator Ghosh for the supplementary. As Senator Ghosh outlined, we have advocated very strongly to the…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dean Smith

Minister, Principal Lawyer Mark Fowler of Fowler Charity Law has estimated Labor's changes could cost charitie…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dean Smith

While the government consults, the Albanese government is already banking $4½ billion from this tax but has no…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dean Smith

My question is to the Minister representing the Prime Minister, Senator Wong. Labor's new trust tax is forecas…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dean Smith

Madam President, we extend our warmest greetings and hospitality to your family who live in Perth, Western Aus…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dean Smith

This week marks Kidney Action Week. Kidney disease affects some 2.7 million Australians. One in seven Australi…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Maria Kovacic

It's great. This is what we want, so more young people can enter the market.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Kerrynne Liddle

On behalf of Senator Dean Smith, I present Scrutiny digest 9 of 2026 of the Standing Committee for the Scrutin…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jonathon Duniam

You can have him back.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Susan McDonald

No, nothing to see here.

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Kerrynne Liddle

Well, of course the Prime Minister should have known better than to make an offensive, disrespectful comment a…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Dave Sharma

It's been over a month, or 40 days in fact, since the Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, thought it would be fu…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Susan McDonald

I rise to oppose this ridiculous rehash of a motion. We have discussed this previously. We had an entire Senat…

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jenny McAllister

I wish to add to an answer that I gave to Senator Lambie on Tuesday 11 August in my capacity as the Minister r…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jenny McAllister

I'm keen to understand what Medicare—

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Malarndirri McCarthy

Thank you, Senator Thorpe. I believe in my previous answer I gave you that response. It's actually because I'v…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Malarndirri McCarthy

Thank you, Senator Thorpe. Well, this is why I've built into the agreement that Aboriginal peak organisations…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Malarndirri McCarthy

In my meeting with the families and with the Mount Isa Council, I have certainly looked at the possibility of…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Malarndirri McCarthy

That's not the case. ORIC has been at the table with the families. That process that took place in August 2025…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Malarndirri McCarthy

Thank you, Senator Thorpe, for the question. You would certainly know what we've been doing in terms of the Na…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jess Walsh

Didn't they just get a pay rise?

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jess Walsh

This workforce was neglected and undervalued by those opposite for too long. Educators loved their jobs. They…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jess Walsh

Thank you, Senator Tyrrell, for your question and for your advocacy on behalf of Australia's early childhood e…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Tim Ayres

You won't see any patting ourselves on the back coming from us. You won't see a 'we did it' post coming from u…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Tim Ayres

Since this government was elected, more than 660,000 homes have been constructed in Australia. More than 7,000…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Tim Ayres

You could see the house prices going up as I was looking,

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Katy Gallagher

I thank Senator Ghosh for that question. It's an important question about how the government have been managin…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Kerrynne Liddle

Earlier today, the Leader of the Opposition, Angus Taylor, convened a roundtable at Parliament House on Labor'…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Susan McDonald

Think global, act local

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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James McGrath

Queensland is Australia's most disaster-prone state. Last summer alone, 74 of Queensland's 77 local government…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anika Wells

I thank members for their contributions to the debate on the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform)…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Pat Conaghan

We will work with you,

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Jamie Chaffey

I rise to speak to the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026. We know Australians are amo…

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Angie Bell

I pay rent, bet the rest and get my mates to buy me food. But they know when I win I'll pay them back.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Sam Birrell

Take it or leave it. If you don't like it, we can go on with a status quo.

Party policyRegional Australia
SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Julie Collins

by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Julie Collins

by leave—I move: That this bill be now read a third time. Question agreed to. Bill read a third time.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Daniel Mulino

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill accompanies the News Media Bargaining (Administr…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Daniel Mulino

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. This bill accompanies the News Media Bargaining (Administr…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Daniel Mulino

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. The News Media Bargaining (Administration) Bill 2026 forms…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anika Wells

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction This bill accompanies the News Journalism Pay…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Anika Wells

I move: That this bill be now read a second time. Introduction Journalism matters. It matters to our democ…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Julie Collins

The decision to divest has already been made.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Julie Collins

We're now doing consultations; consultations are ongoing.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Julie Collins

I also rise to speak to the Treasury laws amendment Unlocking Supply of Family Homes Bill 2025. I want to than…

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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Angie Bell

One Nation voted against the worker.

SpeechOfficial sourceabout 1 month ago
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