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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
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      <name>Knight, Prof. J.</name>
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        <heading>KNIGHT, PROF. J.</heading>
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        <name>Mr HAMILTON-SMITH</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Waite</electorate>
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          <question date="2012-06-19" qonNum="85">
            <name>KNIGHT, PROF. J.</name>
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        <text id="201209069395ab4f9c86426c90000410">85 <by role="member" id="631">Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite)</by> (19 June 2012).</text>
        <text id="201209069395ab4f9c86426c90000411">1.&amp;#x9;Is the Minister aware of, or has the Minister been briefed about, the nature of the writs served against SA Health on behalf of Professor John Knight and what will the budgetary implications of a successful action be for the Department of Health?</text>
        <text id="201209069395ab4f9c86426c90000412">2.&amp;#x9;What action has the Minister and/or the Department of Health taken against the Department of Health Officials who were involved in the Professor Knight matter and are named in the Coroner's Report including, but not limited to former Departmental Chief Executive—Dr Tony Sherbon, who wrote to the Coroner regarding Professor Knight on 2 September 2009; former Chief Executive at Flinders Medical Centre—Ms Miller, Dr Morton and Ms Howard, who investigated the matter?</text>
        <text id="201209069395ab4f9c86426c90000413">3.&amp;#x9;Does the Minister have full confidence in the SAWN executives and SA Health staff who undertook the internal investigation of the allegations against Professor Knight that resulted in his wrongful suspension?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="535" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.D. HILL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Kaurna</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Ageing</name>
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            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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            <name>Minister for the Arts</name>
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          <question date="2012-06-19" qonNum="85">
            <name>KNIGHT, PROF. J.</name>
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          <by role="member" id="535">The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts):</by>  I have been advised of the following:</text>
        <text id="201209069395ab4f9c86426c90000415">I am unable to comment on these matters as they are currently part of judicial proceedings.</text>
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