Hospital Accreditation

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY (14:35): Supplementary: I must say, Mr President, I have never—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.G. WADE: No, that's comment. Order, point of order.

The PRESIDENT: I am listening to the point of order.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: No, there's a point of order here.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Let me listen to the point of order. You had a point of order.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: The supplementary question did not need an explanation.

The PRESIDENT: Please ask a concise supplementary question, Hon. Mr Wortley.

The Hon. R.P. WORTLEY: Yes. The question I asked was: will you be releasing these reports to the public? In opposition you rabbited on for years about transparency.

The PRESIDENT: No, Hon. Mr Wortley, sit down. You asked a question. It was a very fine supplementary, too.

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Mr President.

The PRESIDENT: Is this a point of order?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY: Yes. They continue to defy you, Mr President. Please make sure you keep the opposition to just asking supplementaries, not defying you.

The PRESIDENT: Thank you for your concern. That wasn't a point of order; that was gratuitous advice and so I'm going to ignore it.

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:37): I will continue to release accreditation reports as the public interest demands.