Oakden Mental Health Facility

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary: as the press conference you referred to occurred after the cabinet decision to close Oakden, are you telling the parliament that the decision to close Oakden was done without any conversation with the Premier in respect of that closure?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:26): There was at that time, as is standard practice when ministers are on leave, an acting premier and that matter was taken to the cabinet members at the time and the full cabinet agreed to the full government response that we had prepared, which included the closure of Oakden.