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Commencement
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Bills
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Petitions
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Parliamentary Committees
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Question Time
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Question Time
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Question Time
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Question Time
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Grievance Debate
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Bills
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Answers to Questions
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Estimates Replies
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Hospital Beds
Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:33): My question is to the Premier. Will any wards close in the Royal Adelaide Hospital or The Queen Elizabeth Hospital? If so, which ones?
The Hon. J.A.W. Gardner interjecting:
The SPEAKER: The Minister for Education is called to order. The Premier has the call.
The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:33): Again, as it is outlined in the plan, we will be reducing activities that don't add value so that we free up capacity—
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: The member for Wright is called to order.
The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —to deliver for the people of South Australia. There is a huge amount of capacity that is currently being consumed with unnecessary activities. The clinicians know it. The unions know it. Everybody seems to know it—
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is warned for a second time.
The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —except for those who have had report after report after report with this information and did nothing about it. Our commitment is clear: we are going to improve the health system in South Australia. We are going to fix Labor's mess. We are going to have the requisite number of beds in this state in the right place and deliver much better health outcomes for the people of South Australia.