Chemotherapy Treatment Error

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): My question is to the Minister for Health. Why, when Mr Knox raised concerns with the Minister for Health's Chief of Staff, Matthew Hillard, that the SAICORP advice he received on 14 April was a call to 'lawyer up', did neither the minister nor Mr Hillard make clear to Mr Knox that victims' legal costs would be covered by the government?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:41): I say one thing: Mr Hillard, my Chief of Staff, has had many, many, many conversations with Mr Knox on many frequent occasions. In fact, I would say it's a regular occurrence that my Chief of Staff has spoken to Mr Knox. I'm not privy to all the conversations that my Chief of Staff has had with Mr Knox, but I can assure the house they have all been amicable, and I think Mr Knox would confirm that. Now, I am not privy to all the details of those conversations, but nonetheless I can only reiterate what the Premier has already said.