Ceduna

The Hon. T.A. FRANKS (15:07): Supplementary arising from the first answer: in the minister's conversations with local communities, was the issue of the long-promised but never delivered rehabilitation centre raised?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector) (15:08): I know there are a number of centres and a number of areas that are used for the various needs of Ceduna. One area that certainly was spoken about at some length was the need for the Aboriginal Health Service, which has been in a shocking condition for many years.

On my last visit recently I spent time with the new CEO of Yadu Health and was able to look at the site where the old Yadu Health facility has now been demolished and a $15.8 million new Aboriginal health centre, Yadu Health on the West Coast, is being built. There are constantly views put forward about how we can better and further improve services for not just Aboriginal but the whole community in terms of health and other services.