COVID-19 Hotel Quarantine Workers

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE (15:24): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking a question of the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding COVID-19.

Leave granted.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The opposition might reflect on the fact that you have one of your front bench on her feet. I need to hear her; she needs to be heard in silence.

The Hon. E.S. BOURKE: Alarming SAPOL figures provided to a parliamentary committee last year revealed that private security guards working in hotel quarantine had breached protocol on 99 separate occasions, including 23 instances of falling asleep while on the job. These 99 breaches occurred between the establishment of the quarantine system until 27 November last year. My questions to the minister are:

1. How many further breaches of protocol have occurred since 27 November and for what reasons?

2. How many of these breaches result in a suspension or a termination of employment?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:25): I am happy to take the honourable member's question on notice.