<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="4.0" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2025-06-18T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>55</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="9077" />
  <endPage num="9196" />
  <dateModified time="2025-06-19T15:24:44+09:30" />
  <proceeding continued="true" uid="6246adabcf044f959a49565b31406ed7">
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject uid="e690b6477dbc4af5806b2d1797f1cb5b">
      <name>Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace</name>
      <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001877">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="0a9fd57acb964e0792a1c8dceb165adf" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2025-06-18T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2025-06-19T00:00:00+09:30" />
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001878">
          <inserted>
            <timeStamp time="2025-06-19T00:00:00+09:30" />In reply to <by role="member" id="5418" referenceid="e7b583be01404e74b438589370882e1d" uid="0a9fd57acb964e0792a1c8dceb165adf">the Hon. C. BONAROS </by>().20 March 2025).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="a28db67365be46cc8a18d5ccf84cf6e0" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Aboriginal Affairs</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Attorney-General</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Special Minister of State</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2025-06-18T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>Methamphetamine Use in the Workplace</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001879">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4697" referenceid="c1607c57d2294390bdc2b07c15f35010" uid="a28db67365be46cc8a18d5ccf84cf6e0">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State):</by>  The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001880">
          <inserted>The Malinauskas Labor government is continuing with its $25.1 million investment to deliver more drug and alcohol rehabilitation and detox services. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001881">
          <inserted>This includes:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001882">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>12 extra rehabilitation beds in metropolitan Adelaide—operational and located in Glenelg.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001883">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>four extra rehabilitation beds in Port Augusta—operational.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001884">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Six extra rehabilitation beds in Mount Gambier, which is two more than the original commitment—operational.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001885">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>$4.6 million to fit-out and operate two dedicated drug and alcohol detox beds in the Mount Gambier Hospital—under construction. </inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001886">
          <inserted>The location for a 12-bed purpose-built residential rehabilitation unit is now locked in for the northern suburbs. Land has been secured near the corner of Phillip Highway and John Rice Avenue in Elizabeth Vale, near other health services. </inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="20250618cad7868342b54bc2b0001887">
          <inserted>Since the new rehabilitation beds have opened in Mount Gambier, Glenelg, and Port Augusta, 35 people have received specialised care provided over an intensive three-to-six-month period.</inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>