Hospital Beds

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:36): My question is to the Premier.

Ms Stinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Badcoe, you are warned for a second time. I am trying to listen to your colleague the member for Kaurna. He deserves the respect of this house when asking a question. Member for Kaurna.

Mr PICTON: Thank you very much for your protection, sir. My question is to the Premier. Following the Premier today telling the house, 'We will leave these decisions up to clinicians,' does it mean that clinicians will have the power to order beds to be opened without approval from health bureaucrats?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:37): The reality is that these decisions are not made at the ministerial level. They are made by people within SA Health and the clinicians.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They are made—

Mr Brown: Who's in charge?

The SPEAKER: The member for Playford is warned.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: They are made by the people who are best in the position to make that decision, and we stand by that.