Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Elective Surgery Elective Surgery The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Elective Surgery The Hon. S.G. WADE (14:46): My supplementary question is: why does the minister think that the elective surgery blowout is the result of the flu season when 60 per cent of the overdue elective surgery is at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital? Why aren’t the other hospitals being affected by the flu? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Elective Surgery The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (14:46): I stated in my initial answer very clearly that there are a number of factors that come together to see what we are doing with elective surgery, but I keep reiterating the point— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: I keep reiterating the point that had it not been for the government’s bold policy decisions, that have been consistently opposed by those members opposite, there would still— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS: —be South Australians waiting for their surgery today that have otherwise got it. It is only because of this government’s significant decisions, significant investments and bold policy decisions, that we have seen more South Australians get elective surgery than would otherwise be the case.