Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr DULUK (Davenport) (15:16): My question is to the Minister for Mental Health. Who advised the government on the suitability of Ward 18 at the Repat for the long-term care of people with behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:16): I sought advice from the Chief Operating Officer of SALHN about the suitability of Ward 18.

Mr Marshall: When?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Let the member for Davenport ask the questions; he is doing a better job than you. The questions are of a better quality than anything asked by the Leader of the Opposition or the Deputy Leader of the Opposition. I sought—

Mr Marshall: They are all laughing, laughing at the—

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: No, we are laughing at you. We are laughing at the Leader of the Opposition and the Leader of the Opposition's incompetence. Half the time he doesn't even know which minister to ask the question to. I asked the Chief Operating Officer about the suitability—

The Hon. J.M. Rankine interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright will depart for the next hour for repeated interjections under the sessional orders.

The honourable member for Wright having withdrawn from the chamber:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I asked the Chief Operating Officer about the suitability of Ward 18 for the relocation of Oakden patients, and it was the Chief Operating Officer of SALHN, who I have enormous confidence in, who advised me that there was no way that Ward 18 was suitable for the sorts of clients that are housed at Oakden.