Australian Craniofacial Unit

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:31): Why did the Premier give Professor—

The SPEAKER: A question to the Premier?

Mr PICTON: Sorry.

The SPEAKER: Thank you.

Mr PICTON: My question is—

Mr Duluk: Such a novice.

The SPEAKER: The member for Waite is warned.

An honourable member: Chuck him out.

The SPEAKER: I might do that.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Kaurna has the call.

Mr PICTON: My question is to the Premier. Why did the Premier give Professor David David assurances that these issues at the Craniofacial Unit would be addressed, including the removal of an oral surgeon, and in two weeks no action has been taken?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:31): This house will remember that the Premier answered several questions about the Australian craniofacial foundation—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —two or three weeks ago in the parliament.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: He went through the entire—

Mr Picton interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is called to order.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —list of issues. He answered every single question, but one of the most important things that clearly the opposition has forgotten is that we were going to undertake an independent review. I don't know why the opposition would pretend that that didn't happen as if it's completely irrelevant. The government has undertaken—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —an independent review into the Australian craniofacial foundation. Dr David David, an esteemed Australian and South Australian, is well aware of it. He has had every opportunity to contribute to that review—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left will not interject.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —as have the people who still work at the Australian craniofacial foundation. The Premier also made it very clear—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —that there had been no change—absolutely no change—to the way in which that important foundation looks after people from overseas who need some help. I can advise the house that the Minister for Health has today received a copy of that independent review. He will look at it, he will take advice on it, he will study it and he will shortly announce what he intends to do after that. It's crazy, absolutely crazy, for the opposition to try to pretend that that review wasn't going to happen, to try to sneak in questions here and there as if they didn't know, because they were told by the Premier two or three weeks ago very, very clearly that that review was being undertaken. The review has been completed. The Minister for Health—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —received that review today. He will go through it in great detail, and he will then announce exactly how he intends—

The Hon. V.A. Chapman: To clean up your mess.

The SPEAKER: The Deputy Premier is called to order.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —to respond to that review. There are many ways in which he might respond to that review. You will just have to wait and see.