Question Time

Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. Before the minister read the report on the Easter weekend, did any member of her office or an SA Health employee advise her of the content of the report in any way, be it verbally or in writing?

The SPEAKER: As the member for Heysen would know, the leader means 'orally or in writing'.

Mr MARSHALL: Orally and not verbally?

The SPEAKER: Yes.

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:12): What I will say is what I repeated in the house yesterday, that the parliament was well aware the report was coming and it was received late on the Monday afternoon and forwarded to Health. My staff had said the report was very serious and we had immediately sent it to SA Health for a full government response.