Australian Craniofacial Unit

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Supplementary arising from the original answer: is the minister trying to tell the chamber that an independent review can be conducted on the actions of his own department by his own department? Can the minister inform the chamber as to what way that is independent?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:24): The council can make its own judgement as to whether they would use the word; I certainly would. The fact of the matter is that the officer who undertook the review is a senior officer in the department, not in the networks. Let's be clear: there is legislation before this parliament that is going to strengthen even more the independence of the networks from the department. I can assure you that people in the networks see the department as somewhat removed.