Health Services

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:40): A supplementary question: does the minister see it as the role of the chief executive to approve visits and briefings and has nothing to do with his minister's office?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:40): The fact of the matter is that the chief executive of Health manages the health networks, including the CEOs. A number of the requests were to meet with CEOs of LHNs; they all answer to the chief executive. I will certainly be facilitating the visits by the shadow minister. It's normal practice for those visits to be coordinated by the minister's office, but they will be facilitated.