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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
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  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SA Health, ICAC Report</name>
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        <heading>SA Health, ICAC Report</heading>
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        <name>The Hon. F. PANGALLO</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>SA Health, ICAC Report</name>
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          <by role="member" id="5419">The Hon. F. PANGALLO (14:39):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Minister, do you not see that there is a perception that the credibility of such an investigation will now be compromised, with a task force made up of hand-picked government officials—basically, the government investigating itself? Who decided on the members of this task force; just what powers of investigation will this task force have in calling and compelling witnesses to give evidence; how much will it cost; when will it complete its investigation; and is the reason that the government is refusing to allocate resources to the ICAC commissioner because it has no confidence in the ICAC commissioner?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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            <name>Minister for Health and Wellbeing</name>
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            <name>SA Health, ICAC Report</name>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:39):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his question, because it gives me the opportunity to clarify any misunderstandings there might have been into the role of the cross-agency implementation task force. Let's be clear: it's not a royal commission; it's not a judicial inquiry; it's not, if you like, a pseudo-evaluation.</text>
        <text id="201912035d32f7ba1642405aa0000122">What it is is an attempt to identify the work that is already being done in the streams of concerns that the ICAC commissioner has; to take on board the observations of the ICAC commissioner, which draw on six years of dealing with numerous health issues; and to coordinate the implementation of the implementation plan.</text>
        <text id="201912035d32f7ba1642405aa0000123">I am hopeful that the government will have a detailed response by the end of the year. It will be the cross-agency task force's job to oversee the implementation of that plan and to coordinate the resources of government, and beyond government, to the task before us.</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Pangallo, a supplementary.</text>
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