Legislative Council: Thursday, February 20, 2020

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Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Supplementary question arising from the answer: did the minister meet with concerned doctors on 28 January and, if so, why did it take until the end of January when the letter was from October?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:24): I am impressed with the daisy chain of supplementaries and adding supplementaries on supplementaries, considering I only mentioned the 28 January meeting in a supplementary. It is interesting that the honourable member sees it as a supplementary. In terms of—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.G. WADE: I am actually trying to answer the question.

The PRESIDENT: Order! Just wait, minister. We will listen to the minister's answer in silence, please.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: The honourable member's question suggests that the discussions on 28 January were the first discussions my office and I had with SASMOA or clinicians. That is not the case.