Australian Craniofacial Unit

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (15:06): My question is again to the minister representing the Minister for Health. Why did the minister tell the house today that David David was well aware of the review, and on what basis did he give that advice to the house?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (15:06): I gave that advice to the house because I believe it to be true. I find it extraordinary to think that Dr David David—an extraordinarily highly respected South Australian and Australian—would not have been aware of the fact that the Australian craniofacial foundation had changes proposed to it, from those inside it and those outside it, and that people in government and in other places would not be considering the best way to change, or keep the same, the NEG.

I find it amazing that a man so well connected, so well educated and so integrally part of the fabric of the Australian craniofacial foundation would not have known about that review. That's why I made the comment I made.