FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:11): My question, again, is to the Minister for Health. Is the Acting Manager of the Flinders Medical Centre emergency department obliged to guarantee that the policy—as detailed by the minister in answer to my earlier question—will be followed at all times as Dr Di King was obliged to do?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order on the question.

The SPEAKER: Point of order.

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: To assert that the person was obliged to do that is to make an assertion, make an argument, yet again.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Williams: She wasn't going to endanger people's lives.

The SPEAKER: Order! There was an assumption made in that question, but I guess it follows on from questions that have been going for two weeks now. I think that the minister would probably want to respond to it. The Minister for Health.

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts) (14:12): Thank you, Madam Speaker. The personal abuse that is coming from the other side is just extraordinary.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: They cannot talk about these serious issues without reaching into personal abuse, Madam Speaker.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: I have given very straight answers to all of the questions that have been asked, and I will give a straight answer to this. The question is—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: —in essence: is the manager of the hospital's emergency department bound by the policies that apply across the local southern Adelaide health network? Yes, she is.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!