Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Mental Health Clinicians Mental Health Clinicians The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council Mental Health Clinicians The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS (15:04): Supplementary: will the minister outline the role of the Premier's Council on Suicide Prevention and the Issues Group on Suicide Prevention in the development of the original trial and subsequent expansion and the obvious key role that David Place has played as the CEO of the South Australian Ambulance Service. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing Mental Health Clinicians The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:05): I thank the honourable member for his question. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! I am sure the minister will give a brief answer to the supplementary question. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: Could I— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! Order! The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS: Point of order: a member has just indicated that there was no reference to the original answer, and that is not true. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Dawkins— The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS Legislative Council The Hon. J.S.L. DAWKINS: I'd like that taken back, actually. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Which is why I have allowed the supplementary question. The opposition, stay calm. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: For those members who failed to listen to my original answer, the two examples I gave of positive initiatives last year were mental health clinicians in paramedic teams and priority care centres. The Hon. John Dawkins is quite right to remind me that the initial pilot in relation to mental health clinicians in paramedic teams was fostered, encouraged, by the Premier's Council on Suicide Prevention— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: And the Hon. John Dawkins is extremely humble to also refer to the leadership of Mr David Place, the head of the South Australian Ambulance Service, who is a great innovator. Not only did he support the rollout of mental health clinicians in paramedic teams last year, he also is leading the development of secondary triage in the coming year. The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Pnevmatikos, you had a supplementary question?