Integrity Care SA

Ms COOK (Hurtle Vale) (14:18): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier ensure appropriate steps are taken to suspend Integrity Care's operations until such time as they are able to meet the screening requirements of the bilateral agreement—

An honourable member interjecting:

Ms COOK: I will get to leave; I am coming to that. Can I finish the question?

The SPEAKER: Yes.

Ms COOK: I will start again, sorry, I have lost my place. Will the Premier ensure appropriate steps are taken to suspend Integrity Care's operations until such time as they are able to meet the screening requirements of the bilateral agreement he signed with the commonwealth for the NDIS? With your leave and that of the house I will explain.

Leave granted.

Ms COOK: The agreement, signed by the Premier on 29 June 2018, states:

Consistent with the NDIS Quality and Safeguarding Framework, South Australia is responsible for the authorisation and consent arrangements for regulated restrictive practices in South Australia required by South Australian legislation and for the operational aspects of worker screening.

The SPEAKER: That does give the government enormous scope to answer, and I am going to afford the courtesy of that scope to the Deputy Premier.

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General) (14:19): Whilst I do not accept the connections the member's question has made between certain claims—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —can I say this—

Ms Stinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Badcoe!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —I am, and I know the government is, quite confident in understanding that, if there are connections between the issues that have been raised, the government is continuing to support and ensure that the current police investigation has all information available and we will, of course, await their outcome in relation to that. I know the member has made a number of presumptions in relation to that question. I am not even going to comment on the accuracy of it because—

Ms Stinson interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Badcoe is warned.

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —whilst it might be an easy way to try to remove a lot of red herrings in relation to these matters, I am not going to be drawn into that.

Ms Cook interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Hurtle Vale!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: That is a matter for the police. I have every confidence that the police—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN: —are looking at the question of whether there has been compliance with the law in relation to screening tests, or any other process. That is a matter which is under their investigation.

Mr Szakacs interjecting:

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

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: You better hope that's right, Vickie.

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is warned for a second final time, and if this continues he will be departing the chamber today.

The Hon. D.C. van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Energy and Mining is also called to order. The member for Hurtle Vale.