House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Ms PRATT House of Assembly Frome National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement Ms PRATT (Frome) (15:00): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. How does the minister respond to the Productivity Commission's recent report on the National Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain. Leave granted. Ms PRATT House of Assembly Frome Ms PRATT: A new report from the Productivity Commission has delivered a scathing assessment of the agreement, with Commissioner Selwyn Button calling it 'fragmented, ineffective and unable to deliver on the systemic reform it promised'. The Hon. C.J. PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:01): Yes, there was a scathing report into the agreement that was signed by the Hon. Stephen Wade. That is obviously disappointing to read. It was two minutes to midnight before the last state election that that agreement was signed by my predecessor, the former Minister for Health and Wellbeing, the Hon. Stephen Wade. The Productivity Commission has been looking into that national partnership agreement as we commence the new negotiations for a new Mental Health and Suicide Prevention Agreement between the states and the federal government. Clearly, we will take on board the feedback from the Productivity Commission about how we can deliver a much better national partnership agreement than was signed by the previous Marshall Liberal government.