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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-04-02" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <endPage num="3091" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>KordaMentha</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>KordaMentha</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-02">
            <name>KordaMentha</name>
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        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000731">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4697">the Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) </by>(6 December 2018).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-04-02">
            <name>KordaMentha</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000732">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000733">
          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;Central Adelaide Local Health Network temporarily engaged two experienced business managers from KordaMentha to review the current roles of the business operations manager and team structure and to recommend changes to directorate business management within the critical care and surgery directorates.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000734">
          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;This was a short-term engagement for a total period of 10 weeks to 30 November 2018. The business managers were engaged as contractors for that period.</inserted>
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        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000735">
          <inserted>3.&amp;#x9;Both positions were vacated in September 2018 and it was determined that prior to formal recruitment of these positions, a short-term review should be undertaken. Formal recruitment has now been completed.</inserted>
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        <text id="20190402d07e9e1d280f495ba0000736">
          <inserted>4.&amp;#x9;There was no requirement under the KordaMentha contract that the business manager positions be filled by KordaMentha employees.</inserted>
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      </talker>
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