Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:55): Supplementary: given the Principal Community Visitor's advice in his letter of October 2016 that the Spriggs family wanted a meeting with the minister to 'share their story with you personally', why didn't the minister immediately ask for a meeting to be organised?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:56): I needed a briefing to be able to successfully undertake a meeting and that is what I did: I sought a briefing from the relevant local area health network.