Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Review

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (14:27): I would also like to table a copy of a ministerial statement entitled 'Cardiothoracic intensive care external review 12-months progress report' made by the Minister for Health in the other place.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Point of order.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Wade.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: In tabling a ministerial statement made in the other place, the Minister for Health also tabled a report. I ask the minister to also table the report in this place.

The PRESIDENT: Minister, do you have the report?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: No. I have no intention of carrying out that function, sir.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Point of order, Mr President. I ask you as President to consider this matter and perhaps consult with the relevant ministers. If we are being provided with a ministerial statement which has been provided in the other place and which is in support of a detailed report, the members of this house have every entitlement to see that ministerial statement in context as much as the House of Assembly.

The PRESIDENT: The photographer up in the gallery, what is your intention? You are supposed to take photos of people on their feet. If you want to take a general photo, let me know beforehand. Do not come into this place and take photos when I do not know what you are doing. Do you understand me? In relation to the point of order, my advice, minister, is that, if you are quoting from a document, you have an obligation to provide the report.

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I am suitably chastised and will make sure I do so in the future.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Mr President, I ask you to ask the minister to give an undertaking that he will have this report tabled in this house at the earliest convenience.

The PRESIDENT: I thought he just gave an undertaking, but minister?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: I will do my absolute utmost, but of course it has been tabled in the other place and is publicly available.