Modbury Hospital

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:30): Further supplementary: is there a currently practising clinician who is associated closely with Modbury Hospital who thinks that a high dependency unit will be safe?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:31): It didn't take long before the new member started to display the same tactics as minister Snelling—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Don't debate the question, minister. Answer the question.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I'm not debating the question: I'm answering it. I find it offensive that minister Snelling, minister Malinauskas and now the new member want to demean people who continue to be highly respected in their profession. I can assure you that Professor Warren Jones—

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Go on, name another one. You can't name one, can you?

The PRESIDENT: Order! Let the minister answer in silence.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I assure you that Professor Warren Jones has more credibility on health and wellbeing than your whole parliamentary party combined.

The PRESIDENT: You have pursued this sufficiently. We have had enough supplementaries on this topic. I am going to give the call to the Hon. Mr Wortley.