Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:01): Does the minister stand by her repeated comments in this house, and also in public, that she took action to establish the inquiry as soon as she was made aware of the concerns at Oakden, given that now we realise—and she has just said to the house—that the community visitor's report was received by her, in her office, directed to her in September last year?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:02): May I correct the Leader of the Opposition, in the sense that it arrived in late September/October, and therefore it goes through a paper process. Eventually, I would have read the report, as I said earlier today, in somewhere between that period and—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Schubert, I warn for the second and final time. The leader is already on two warnings. Minister.

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS: Thank you, Mr Speaker. What I have said about this matter is that when issues were raised by the community visitor during the October period and I became aware of the concerns, we went to NALHN and began to establish the information that led to the triggering of this review once I was thoroughly briefed by the head of NALHN in December.

The SPEAKER: The member for Light.

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I call the member for Finniss to order.