House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time SA Ambulance Service SA Ambulance Service Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna SA Ambulance Service Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (15:15): My question is to the Premier. Does the Premier agree with his SA Health chief executive that we have 'about the right number of ambulances and ambos in this town'? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. Mr PICTON House of Assembly Mr PICTON: This morning on ABC radio, Chris McGowan, the Chief Executive of SA Health, said he believes South Australia has 'about the right number of ambulances and ambos in this town'. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Premier The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (15:15): What I provided to the house last time remains accurate; that is, since coming to government we have put on the equivalent of another 180 full-time employees into the South Australian Ambulance Service, and we are now recruiting a further 74 full-time equivalents courtesy of the most recent negotiation and also the budget. We do have a significant increase on the numbers that we inherited from those opposite, but in answer to the question of do we have enough— The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The member for Lee is called to order. The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL House of Assembly The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —the reality is we are currently recruiting more as we speak.