House of Assembly Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3) 51 3 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time IRIS Systems IRIS SYSTEMS Ms CHAPMAN House of Assembly Bragg Deputy Leader of the Opposition IRIS SYSTEMS Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): My question again is to the Minister for Health. Will the minister explain why SA Pathology, the new state-owned pathology service, has entered into a $300,000 a year contract with IRIS Systems International Pty Ltd when this company is still under investigation by the police department and the Attorney-General's Government Investigations Unit? The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health Minister for the Southern Suburbs Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts IRIS SYSTEMS The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (14:26): As I understand it, the IT company to which the honourable member refers provides a particular information service to SA Pathology and, as I understand it—and I am going from memory, I will certainly correct all this if I am wrong—the IT was developed within the IMVS—and this is part of the investigation—through some sort of process which then ended up being owned outside the service, but it is a bit of information technology that they require. I have very serious concerns about the way the IMVS was run and that is one of the reasons I introduced legislation in this place to get rid of the barriers between government and that body. We have now created a new service which is being run, I believe, in a much better fashion. Ms Chapman interjecting: The Hon. J.D. HILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.D. HILL: You are making assumptions and slurring people on the basis of pieces of information which you stitch together in your usual fashion. It is a most unreasonable process that you go through. I am happy to provide the house with the information in relation to this matter. I am telling the house what I recall, but I will have the question checked and I will get a fuller explanation.