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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-05-06" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>SA Health</name>
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        <heading>SA Health</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5418" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2021-05-06">
            <name>SA Health</name>
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        <startTime time="2021-05-06T15:08:13" />
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          <by role="member" id="5418">The Hon. C. BONAROS (15:08):</by>  To your knowledge, is there any truth whatsoever to the claims of fractured relationships between LHN CEOs and Dr McGowan?</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000247">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  I'm not sure that that arose from the answer, but if the minister wishes to add something.</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="2021-05-06T15:08:29" />
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          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:08):</by>  I would just like to make the point: can you really expect that you can have 45,000 employees, which I do in SA Health, and that they are all happy with each other? I'm sorry, when—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000250">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="1820" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. D.W. Ridgway</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000251">
          <by role="member" id="1820">The Hon. D.W. Ridgway:</by>  You blokes all hate each other most of the time.</text>
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      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000252">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! The Hon. Mr Ridgway is out of order pointing. Don't point.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. S.G. WADE</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000253">
          <by role="member" id="3164">The Hon. S.G. WADE:</by>  As I said, there are 45,000 employees, and I am sure they bump into each other from time to time. The depth and quality of both skills and commitment of the SA Health team has been demonstrated in the last year. This team has stepped up and led this state in the pandemic response. They work—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5418" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. C. Bonaros</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="202105067f450eefcae1490690000254">
          <by role="member" id="5418">The Hon. C. Bonaros:</by>  In extraordinary circumstances, they've stepped up.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3164" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <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>  Excuse me; I'm trying to answer your question. That team has demonstrated they are cohesive, they are focused and they are dedicated.</text>
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