Medical Records

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:50): A supplementary: in the past four years, have there been any external attacks or unauthorised access to South Australian health patient record systems?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:50): Not that I have been particularly informed of or recall, but it would not surprise me. Government computer systems are regularly subject to attacks from hackers. Not just the health system but, I imagine, other government departments are subject to attacks. It's not unusual for computer systems across government to be subject to attacks. We are not necessarily informed every time that that happens but, certainly, to my knowledge, there has been no case I can recall in my time as minister of any of these attacks being successful.