House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-05-16 Daily Xml

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PRISONER COMPLAINT, OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Correctional Services. In relation to Ms Jacqui Davies' accommodation that was the subject of an Ombudsman's report, why did the minister say, 'the...medical advice was that she did not fit the criteria for admittance into a mental health facility' given that the Ombudsman's report revealed that the medical advice revealed that Ms Davies did fit the criteria for admittance into a mental health facility?

The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Finance, Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (14:40): I think the member for Stuart is actually incorrect, in that I think the concluding page of the Ombudsman's report states quite specifically that if Ms Davies was in Victoria she would be admitted into a medical facility, but that was not the case in South Australia, and that is quite explicit.