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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2020-03-03" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Coronavirus</name>
      <text id="2020030382d84cba5ae248ad80000151">
        <heading>Coronavirus</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. BOURKE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2020-03-03">
            <name>Coronavirus</name>
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        <startTime time="2020-03-03T14:42:46" />
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          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (14:42):</by>  Supplementary arising from the answer: will the minister rule out privatisation of SA Pathology until the full impact of the coronavirus is known?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, I am not quite sure that that is arising from the original answer. I will give the minister the opportunity to respond. Otherwise, we will move on. Minister.</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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        <startTime time="2020-03-03T14:43:13" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:43):</by>  The honourable member loves to use the word 'privatisation'. I would like to know where was she when Labor was privatising services left, right and centre when they were in government. In relation to—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  Was she?</text>
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        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! Government members, Treasurer, let the minister answer.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  For example, in relation to radiology, not a dissimilar service to pathology, Labor outsourced widely. Radiology services at Modbury and Noarlunga are delivered through external providers. There are 14 country hospitals where radiology services were delivered during Labor's term through external providers. They can bleat about privatisation, but whenever they do that they highlight their own hypocrisy. It is 'do what we say, not what we did'.</text>
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