Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): My question is to the Minister for Health. How is the government tracking against the budget employee reduction target for the health department as outlined in the June budget last year?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:15): I would have to check with regard to our workforce numbers, but I can say that we do expect the health budget to come in this year on balance. That's not to say that we don't have a significant task in front of us principally because of the enormous cuts that the commonwealth government and Tony Abbott have forced not only on our health budget but on health budgets right around the country.