Ambulance Ramping

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier rule out any hospital ramping occurring at the Flinders Medical Centre at 8.30pm yesterday evening?

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:13): As the Leader of the Opposition would know, the Minister for Health and Wellbeing in the other place every month makes figures available about ramping of ambulances at hospitals.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: He makes this information available very, very regularly and publicly.

Mr Picton: Where does he do that? No, he doesn't. That's rubbish. He does not.

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kaurna!

Mr Picton: Where does he do that? You can't just make it up.

The SPEAKER: Order! We have the question. The member for Kaurna is warned. We have the question.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: These figures are available. They are made public.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I do not require the chorus of 'where', member for West Torrens. We have the question, and I would like to hear the answer.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: You are making things up as you go along.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens, for interjecting, 'You are making things up as you go along,' is now warned.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Thank you, Mr Speaker. This ramping information is made available. I have addressed the question with regard to 8.30 last night. Twenty minutes later, four ambulances were dispatched.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Leader, you have asked your question. The minister has the call.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: At 8.50 last night, four ambulances were dispatched to a very serious accident.

Mr Brown interjecting:

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

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: This question has been asked and answered, asked—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader, cease interjecting please. The minister has the call.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Your colleagues hate you. No-one respects you.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned for a second and final time.

The Hon. A. Piccolo interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Light is warned for a second and final time. Members are going to be departing very shortly at this rate.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: Mr Speaker, I think it was very generous of you to only warn the member for West Torrens for saying that about you.

The SPEAKER: I agree.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: You are a very generous man. This question has been asked. This question has been answered.