❓ Question regarding the Federal Government's plan to build a brickworks at Perth Airport and its implications for WA, with the Minister expressing strong concerns about the lack of state government consultation and potential unfair competitive advantages.
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Will the minister please inform the house of the federal government’s plan to put a brickworks at Perth airport, and what this means for Western Australia? Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN
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I thank the member for the question. Again, we will see whether or not these patsies for John Howard are prepared to stand up for Western Australia on this quite disgraceful issue. The commonwealth government quite properly has responsibility for aviation. That is determined within the Constitution and correctly so. It therefore quite properly has total control over spaces that are set aside for interstate and international aviation. We have no difficulty whatsoever with that. However, we have found that these airports are now, in many respects, no longer being used primarily for aviation but, indeed, as cash cows under the privatisation regime. There have been all sorts of extensions of activity at those airports, not only the expansion and extension of shopping malls and retail precincts, but also now they have a whole raft of uses that could not in any way, shape or form be considered to be even slightly incidental to aviation use. In particular, in this latest master plan that was released on Monday, provision is being made at the Perth international airport for a brickworks. We are very, very concerned about this development and a number of other developments, including the development of distribution centres on airport land. The process of the commonwealth granting approval for these sorts of uses without any reference to the state government really has the impact of providing a very unlevel playing field. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. Again, we will see whether or not these patsies for John Howard are prepared to stand up for Western Australia on this quite disgraceful issue. The commonwealth government quite properly has responsibility for aviation. That is determined within the Constitution and correctly so. It therefore quite properly has total control over spaces that are set aside for interstate and international aviation. We have no difficulty whatsoever with that. However, we have found that these airports are now, in many respects, no longer being used primarily for aviation but, indeed, as cash cows under the privatisation regime. There have been all sorts of extensions of activity at those airports, not only the expansion and extension of shopping malls and retail precincts, but also now they have a whole raft of uses that could not in any way, shape or form be considered to be even slightly incidental to aviation use. In particular, in this latest master plan that was released on Monday, provision is being made at the Perth international airport for a brickworks. We are very, very concerned about this development and a number of other developments, including the development of distribution centres on airport land. The process of the commonwealth granting approval for these sorts of uses without any reference to the state government really has the impact of providing a very unlevel playing field. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
I thank the member for the question. Again, we will see whether or not these patsies for John Howard are prepared to stand up for Western Australia on this quite disgraceful issue. The commonwealth government quite properly has responsibility for aviation. That is determined within the Constitution and correctly so. It therefore quite properly has total control over spaces that are set aside for interstate and international aviation. We have no difficulty whatsoever with that. However, we have found that these airports are now, in many respects, no longer being used primarily for aviation but, indeed, as cash cows under the privatisation regime. There have been all sorts of extensions of activity at those airports, not only the expansion and extension of shopping malls and retail precincts, but also now they have a whole raft of uses that could not in any way, shape or form be considered to be even slightly incidental to aviation use. In particular, in this latest master plan that was released on Monday, provision is being made at the Perth international airport for a brickworks. We are very, very concerned about this development and a number of other developments, including the development of distribution centres on airport land. The process of the commonwealth granting approval for these sorts of uses without any reference to the state government really has the impact of providing a very unlevel playing field. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN replied: I thank the member for the question. Again, we will see whether or not these patsies for John Howard are prepared to stand up for Western Australia on this quite disgraceful issue. The commonwealth government quite properly has responsibility for aviation. That is determined within the Constitution and correctly so. It therefore quite properly has total control over spaces that are set aside for interstate and international aviation. We have no difficulty whatsoever with that. However, we have found that these airports are now, in many respects, no longer being used primarily for aviation but, indeed, as cash cows under the privatisation regime. There have been all sorts of extensions of activity at those airports, not only the expansion and extension of shopping malls and retail precincts, but also now they have a whole raft of uses that could not in any way, shape or form be considered to be even slightly incidental to aviation use. In particular, in this latest master plan that was released on Monday, provision is being made at the Perth international airport for a brickworks. We are very, very concerned about this development and a number of other developments, including the development of distribution centres on airport land. The process of the commonwealth granting approval for these sorts of uses without any reference to the state government really has the impact of providing a very unlevel playing field. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
I thank the member for the question. Again, we will see whether or not these patsies for John Howard are prepared to stand up for Western Australia on this quite disgraceful issue. The commonwealth government quite properly has responsibility for aviation. That is determined within the Constitution and correctly so. It therefore quite properly has total control over spaces that are set aside for interstate and international aviation. We have no difficulty whatsoever with that. However, we have found that these airports are now, in many respects, no longer being used primarily for aviation but, indeed, as cash cows under the privatisation regime. There have been all sorts of extensions of activity at those airports, not only the expansion and extension of shopping malls and retail precincts, but also now they have a whole raft of uses that could not in any way, shape or form be considered to be even slightly incidental to aviation use. In particular, in this latest master plan that was released on Monday, provision is being made at the Perth international airport for a brickworks. We are very, very concerned about this development and a number of other developments, including the development of distribution centres on airport land. The process of the commonwealth granting approval for these sorts of uses without any reference to the state government really has the impact of providing a very unlevel playing field. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It means that the sorts of obligations that other operators would be required to meet, whether they be developer obligations or obligations to obtain standard environmental approvals, simply do not apply. The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! I know that the conversations across the chamber must be very interesting, but they are of no interest to anyone else, so members should desist. If members want to have a yak, they should go outside and do it. Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : It is incredible that the members for Cottesloe and Nedlands are obviously not the slightest bit concerned about the fate of people who live in the eastern half of the city. They are prattling on and saying that it is outrageous - Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
The SPEAKER : Order! Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
Ms A.J.G. MacTIERNAN : We will stand up for the people of the eastern suburbs. We will leave no stone unturned to make sure that there is proper environmental assessment. I would have thought that at least the member for Cottesloe would be concerned about some of the economic issues and the fact that developers, operators of brickworks and operators of distribution centres are not being subjected to any of the rules that all other developers were being subjected to. It is a rip off of the state. We are seeking legal advice, as we speak, on whether this is in excess of the federal government’s constitutional powers. It is certainly in excess of any powers of good governance, and we will be resisting it at every turn.
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