Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. B.R. HOOD (14:34): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Attorney-General a question regarding ambulance ramping.

Leave granted.

The Hon. B.R. HOOD: The Malinauskas government promised to fix ramping before the last election yet ramping remains a crisis, and doctors on the frontline continue to raise concerns. Dr Megan Brooks has testified that the Attorney-General's Department sent her a letter questioning her motivations after she spoke out about the issue, threatening her with maladministration and a misconduct investigation for 'embarrassing the state' after she made contact with the Coroner after multiple deaths linked to ramping.

My question to the Attorney-General is: does the Attorney-General concede that ambulance ramping has embarrassed his government, given the ramping crisis the state faces despite his government's pre-election promises to fix it?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (14:35): I thank the honourable member for his question. I know that the health minister in another place, the Hon. Chris Picton, member for Kaurna, is doing a huge amount in terms of bringing on new hospital beds and making the health system more efficient.