Coronavirus, Health Advice

The Hon. I. PNEVMATIKOS (15:02): Supplementary: just for clarification, it wasn't in employment situations or private enterprises, it was the shop at the peak of Mount Lofty that had an incomprehensible Mandarin translation.

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:03): To be frank, it will be difficult for us to make sure that private enterprise facilities are using clearly understandable language. I must admit if I was asked to provide support to an enterprise in getting the message out, I would probably turn to the commonwealth Department of Health. They have a very rich website in terms of things like posters, and in terms of social distancing and the like.

The honourable member raises a good point and perhaps in this situation—I had better be careful, I am treading into the Hon. Jing Lee's area of expertise—often it may not be the effectiveness of the translation, it might be the use of diagrams and infographics. People might be able to understand an image better than they can a translation.