Oakden Mental Health Facility

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:42): Yes, indeed. A supplementary to the Minister for Mental Health: from the receipt of the report on the Monday until the Premier and the Minister for Health went on leave, you had no conversations with either of them about what was in this report?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:43): I am not going to—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: The most important thing that people understand in this chamber is that when you are a cabinet minister, and many of the people on that side will probably never be cabinet ministers, you have conversations with your colleagues regularly about all sorts of matters, from the weather to various things. Everyone knows this report was coming. This was a very well-known fact. I had made two ministerial statements in the parliament about that. We had been through question time about these things. Yes, we had conversations in the months leading up to and during the report's release.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader is on two warnings. If he utters another sound outside standing orders, he will go from the chamber under the sessional order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Stuart is called to order and warned, and the member for Morialta is warned for the second and final time. Deputy leader.