Ministerial Responsibility

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): Supplementary question: has the minister spoken to anyone from the Acting Premier's office or the Premier's office regarding the minister having misled this parliament on numerous occasions?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40): The fact of the matter is that I have discussions with the Premier's office frequently, but certainly no member of the Premier's office has raised with me the issue of needing to resign. The fact of the matter is that as soon as I became aware that I made a misstatement I undertook to provide a correction to the parliament. That is exactly what I have done today. I apologised for that. But the hypocrisy of the Labor Party is gobsmacking. I have made an error in relation to the timing of a briefing. They have managed to build a hospital the construction of which was $600 million more than it was budgeted for. It was delivered 17 months late and with numerous design flaws. One of those was a poorly designed ambulance bay, which has necessitated the installation of privacy screens.