Hospital Beds

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier guarantee that he will not close any further beds beyond the 60 that your government closed last week?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:09): I am going to answer that. The reality is that these are the decisions which are made by clinicians. These are not decisions which are made—

Ms Cook interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hurtle Vale is warned.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Members on my left, I would like to hear the answer.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They are not made by politicians interfering in the running of the health system. We know where that got people. Transforming Health was a train crash—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and we know who was in the driving seat. I know they are scattering around. Nobody wants to ever mention any connection whatsoever with Transforming Health, but what a disaster it was for the people of South Australia. I make this point—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —since coming to government this administration has proudly put more than $1 billion back into the health system in South Australia, and we do that because the people of South Australia deserve more than they had under the previous 16 years of maladministration.

The SPEAKER: The member for Elder and then I will come back to those on my left.

Mr Patterson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Morphett. The member for Elder.