Legislative Council: Tuesday, March 24, 2020

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Coronavirus

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:06): Supplementary: I might rephrase that. Is the minister aware what has been advised nationally and what elements of what he has outlined are over and above what the national guidelines currently suggest?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:06): Certainly. As I indicated earlier, my understanding is that the interstate and the seven days prior to illness onset is a recent innovation in relation to South Australia. With all due respect to my interstate colleagues, it's because we've got significant community transmission in New South Wales that we need to put that in place. I can certainly understand why they wouldn’t need to put it in place as for us going there.