Hospital Management Investigation

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09): Could the minister perhaps explain to the house whether unauthorised access to private medical records is something which is routinely brought to the minister's attention? Also, can he explain to us whether, in the example where two people were sacked, that was brought to his attention and at what time frame relative to the breach?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:09): Well, I answered the question in my previous answer and that simply was that, in this particular matter, the answer was, yes. I will not go into why, but it was a matter of the sort of seriousness that I would expect that I would be provided with information because of the particular circumstances. With regard to the other breaches, not necessarily. I would not expect that I would necessarily be briefed on them, and that is all I can say at this stage.