COVID-19 QR Codes

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:36): My question is to the Premier. Has the Premier taken steps to uncover who the hundreds of people are who have inappropriately had access to data, and will he take action to ensure it helps restore public confidence in the system? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr PICTON: In his report to parliament, the Auditor-General found 345 inappropriate users of the COVID management systems. He said:

—of the 319 [case management system] user accounts, 95 were inappropriate including five administrators

—of 480 [contact management database users] 250 were inappropriate including 23 administrators

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:37): It's great that the shadow minister has had time to read the report. Instead of stopping at page 35, he could have just flipped over to page 36 and he would have actually seen the response from SA Health, which said:

SA Health will formalise periodic user access reviews to ensure user access aligns to staff movement and changes in roles and responsibilities.

Password configuration settings will also be reviewed and adjusted if necessary. Multi-factor authentication will be considered if remote access is enabled.

The report mainly deals with the—

Mr Picton: That doesn't answer this question at all.

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Kaurna! The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: The report mainly deals with the security of the QR code check-in data, and how it is stored and destroyed. But the member is right: sometimes that information on a very infrequent basis is accessed by SA Health staff, and the Auditor-General makes some further observations and recommendations that the member refers to and of course SA Health has responded to. Again, the Auditor-General is satisfied with the department's response.

While I am on my feet, I would just like to correct the record because it wasn't Turner from the Tate—another fine exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia; it was, in fact, Saatchi Gallery in Adelaide: British Art Now. Of course, that wasn't ultimately the most memorable part of that evening for some who got their way, committing regicide, destroying the career of the democratically elected—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Do you think yourself a queen or a king?

The SPEAKER: Order, member for West Torrens!

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: Is that how you see yourself—as a king?

The SPEAKER: Member for West Torrens, you are warned for a second time.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Well, that's the way that the leaders in the Labor Party are fashioned. The reality is that was a fine event at the Art Gallery of South Australia. I am sorry if I in any way misled the parliament by suggesting that it was Turner from the Tate—another fabulous exhibition at that wonderful, wonderful institution that we have on North Terrace.

The SPEAKER: Thank you, Premier. Considering your answer and a prima facie case of privilege, I think, member for West Torrens, hearing that answer I don't need to resolve that matter. It has been resolved in—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: No, the Premier was wrong as usual.

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for West Torrens, you can leave for half an hour under rule 137A.

The honourable member for West Torrens having withdrawn from the chamber: