Question Time

Health Services

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:06): My question is to the Minister for Health. When is the government going to start listening to the doctors and nurses who run our hospitals in South Australia instead of delivering poorly planned policy on the run?

The SPEAKER: Of course, that question isn't in order, but it will elicit a response, which will be similarly expansive.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:06): Isn't it interesting that on the day the government were out announcing a $1.1 billion investment in our public hospitals the Liberal Party in this state were out announcing the decriminalisation of GoPros on bike helmets. It's good to know that the Liberal Party are there on the big issues. The old GoPro on the bike helmet—that's what the public of South Australia are interested in. It reminds me of that scene in The Castle where Steve presents his dad, Darryl Kerrigan, with a bike helmet with a brake light on the back. What does Darryl say? 'Steve, you're an ideas man. You're an ideas man.'

Ms CHAPMAN: Point of order: the contents of films and bike helmets are not going at least towards health. It's clearly a stretch.

The SPEAKER: That was a bogus point of order. I was expecting a legitimate one, which I would have upheld. The deputy leader is called to order.