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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Oakden Mental Health Facility</name>
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        <heading>Oakden Mental Health Facility</heading>
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        <name>Mr MARSHALL</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Dunstan</electorate>
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            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Oakden Mental Health Facility</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4338">Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:45):</by>  Supplementary: what infrastructure changes are being made to the Northgate aged-care facility?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4336" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Taylor</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Disabilities</name>
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            <name>Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse</name>
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            <name>Oakden Mental Health Facility</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4336">The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:45):</by>  Again, I have spoken about this in my ministerial statements in the past, but we need to ensure that there are no ligature risks presented to the people who are acutely unwell. We need to ensure that the glass is of appropriate standard that no injury can occur.</text>
        <text id="201705176e4a912d0900446090000525">There are a number of clinical things that the Chief Psychiatrist, as the head of clinical standards, and the building service and development team within SA Health would need to address before we have access to the site, ensuring the safety of these residents. That, as I have said today, is my primary concern—that these people have an appropriate home to move to in the long term at this troublesome end of their life, that they are cared for at the highest possible standard by the right care and in the right facility.</text>
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