ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (14:50): My question is to the Minister for Health. How many people in your department and on your ministerial staff knew about the lost USB flash drive before you, and who were they?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (14:50): I am not sure the point that the deputy leader is trying to make here—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.D. HILL: Sorry, I do beg your pardon, I can tell that the deputy leader has no interest in this question whatsoever, but the former deputy leader, the member for Bragg—and nor am I sure what public interest there could possibly be. I have given the house the information about when I was told—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.D. HILL: Just calm, calm—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: For the acolytes of the former deputy leader behind her, I will calmly and patiently go through this. I was told on the date that I have just informed the house. I think it was 12 June, from memory. I will go back to my notes where it is written down—Friday 12 June. I am sure someone in my office was told before that because they told me, so that would obviously be the case. There would be people in the department who would have been told because they subsequently passed the information on to me. All that information is subject to any investigation that the Crown Solicitor's Office and SAPOL should choose to make.

Have I asked which people in my office were told before me? No. Why would I ask that, because it was not relevant. The Treasurer and I were told on 12 June and we asked the police and the Crown Solicitor's Office to investigate. If it is relevant to their investigations whether officer A or officer B was told before me, then I am sure they will pursue it.