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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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SA Health

Mr MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Leader of the Opposition) (14:07): My question is again to the Premier. Why is it that the Premier can find millions of dollars to buy off the Greens to get his controversial land tax legislation through the parliament but not $2 million for the ICAC to investigate SA Health?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order: standing order 97.

The SPEAKER: Standing order 97: argument, offering facts—take your pick. Leader, you can rephrase, ask another question or move on. Which is it? Rephrase.

Mr MALINAUSKAS: My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier rule out providing the additional resources that the ICAC commissioner has requested to conduct an investigation thoroughly into SA Health?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:08): Since we have come to government, I think it's evident to every single thinking person in South Australia that in fact our government has significantly increased the budget for SA Health.

Mr Malinauskas: But not enough, according to ICAC.

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: In fact, we have increased the budget provided to SA Health by more than $1 billion—

Dr Close interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —over and above what we inherited from the previous government because we are 100 per cent committed to fixing up the mess that we inherited. Let's not forget who the minister for health was prior to the election: it was none other than the Leader of the Opposition. We didn't see the Leader of the Opposition—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —coming in here saying, 'I want to put more money into investigating—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Waite!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —the failure of Transforming Health.'

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Where was the Leader of the Opposition when he was responsible for this area? Where were his millions of dollars going into investigating his—

The SPEAKER: Premier—

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —failed Transforming Health? He was nowhere to be seen.

The SPEAKER: Would the Premier be seated for one moment. The member for West Torrens—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Honourable members! The member for West Torrens has a point of order. The point of order is for?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: That was hysterical debate, sir.

The SPEAKER: For debate. With respect to the member for West Torrens, there were interjections on my left and my right. Consequently, I call to order the member for Waite and the member for Playford for excessive gesticulations. The Premier has the call. I would like to hear his answer. If he is finished—he has finished his answer. The member for Narungga and then the member for Kaurna.

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