SHINE SA

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (14:22): Supplementary, sir, arising from the non-answer: is the minister suggesting that doctors like Dr Erin O'Connor of Doctors for SHINE SA are lying when they say the services provided at SHINE cannot be appropriately covered under a normal GP consult or under Medicare rebates, as the honourable minister has said to the chamber?

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Are you lying or is she lying?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:23): It's rather staggering—

The PRESIDENT: Careful, Leader of the Opposition, careful. There is a limit—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.G. WADE: It's rather staggering—

The PRESIDENT: You're getting close to unparliamentary language. Excuse me, minister. You're getting very close to unparliamentary language, and I will pull you up if necessary. Minister, let us have your answer.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I would remind the honourable member that the former Labor government reduced funding to SHINE by 5 per cent, and it specifically said that SHINE should rely more on Medicare funding. We are doing no more, no less than the former Labor government did.