Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Influenza Vaccinations Influenza Vaccinations The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council Influenza Vaccinations The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:28): Supplementary question: can the minister advise whether any residents in the aged-care facilities who are impacted by the lockdowns, about which he apparently knows nothing, who had been unable to obtain— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Scriven, do not adopt the bad habits of the Leader of the Opposition. A straight question on clarification, please. The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: My apologies, Mr President—a flu vaccination before the lockdown began? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:28): Sorry, I only heard components of that. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Please restate— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! I can't hear. The Hon. T.J. Stephens interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I can't hear. The Hon. Mr Stephens, you are not assisting me either. The Hon. Ms Scriven, please restate the supplementary—short, sharp, by way of clarification. The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN Legislative Council The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: Happy to oblige. My question to the minister is: were there any residents in the aged-care facilities impacted by lockdowns who had been unable to obtain a flu vaccination before the lockdown began? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: The opposition continues to show how shallow their information base is. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The council would like to hear the minister's answer. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: It is not a requirement for residential aged-care facilities to contact any state jurisdiction, South Australia or elsewhere; it is a recommendation under the aged-care guidelines of the commonwealth. SA Health has made public— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! I cannot hear the minister. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: SA Health has publicly advised— The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: 'We don't know. No idea.' The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: —that they had been— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: If you allow the minister to answer, you might know. I don't know, and I'm listening to the minister. Minister, please complete your answer. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: He doesn't seek any answers; he doesn't know anything. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Well, ask that next time you are on the whipping sheet, Leader of the Opposition. Minister, please finish your answer. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: Actually, rather than getting fragments of questions, I would like to give a complete answer, so I will go back and recap what I have already said. What I have already said, and I want to be clear on this— The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: The answer is: 'I've got no idea, because I haven't bothered to ask.' That's what— The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Leader of the Opposition, allow him to at least get a couple of sentences out until you try to interrupt. The Hon. K.J. Maher Legislative Council The Hon. K.J. Maher: His answer was that he's got no idea because no-one bothers to ask, including himself. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: I don't wish to have a conversation about the minister's answer; I would just like to hear the minister's answer. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: There is no requirement for residential aged-care facilities— Members interjecting: The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: —to contact any state jurisdiction in relation— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Minister, sit down. The Hon. Ms Bourke, you have the call.