House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2017-05-09 Daily Xml

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Oakden Mental Health Facility

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:08): Can the minister explain to the house the difference between her statements in the house on four previous occasions and her statement to the house today, where she clearly stated, 'I agreed to a review of the service in December 2016,' and previously, 'I initiated and I triggered that review'?

The Hon. L.A. VLAHOS (Taylor—Minister for Disabilities, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:09): As per usual, the opposition is more interested in stunts and semantics about the facts. I triggered, I initiated, I did all those things. I am the minister who ordered the review. You can use a number of words to play with it as you want. I triggered it, I ordered it, I followed the advice once I heard there were abuse concerns, and we did the right thing: we acted on it.