House of Assembly: Tuesday, June 17, 2008

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INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): Again my question is to the Minister for Health. How much money is being spent and for what purpose is the government undertaking a radio and print advertising campaign to sell its message on its case in relation to the current doctors' dispute?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (14:48): I am happy to get the information for the member. However, it is always telling, is it not, that the Deputy Leader of the Opposition rants and raves and creates sound and fury in the media but, when it gets down to it, the questions she really asks are never about the substance: they are always about the process. Of course, what that demonstrates is that she is not really interested in the substance: she is interested only in the politics of it. The reason we are doing radio advertising is to let the public and the doctors know what our offer is.