Legislative Council Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time SA Ambulance Service SA Ambulance Service The Hon. T.T. NGO Legislative Council SA Ambulance Service The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:14): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing regarding ambulances. What did the minister mean when he said on Channel 9 News on 21 February, 'It's a bit rich' for paramedics to raise concerns about an inability to reach emergency patients? The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council Minister for Health and Wellbeing SA Ambulance Service The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:15): Again, the honourable member disappoints me. That is clearly a misquote. I was referring to the union bosses. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: Union bosses might think that they earn their money by dragging out industrial proceedings, but in my view they do their own members a disservice because they delay the opportunity for the government, the employees' representatives and the paramedics to deal with reform. The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Leader of the Opposition will remain silent. The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: I think that, in a modern industrial relations system, the employees expect their representatives to work in their interests, and I can't see how bogging down— Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: Order! The Hon. S.G. WADE Legislative Council The Hon. S.G. WADE: —for the fourth year in industrial spaghetti does any benefit to the members. Members interjecting: The President Legislative Council The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Dr Centofanti has the call and will be heard in silence.