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SA Ambulance Service

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:50): My question is to the Premier. Has the government boosted the Ambulance Service by even one single additional crew over its entire time in government? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr PICTON: In December 2017, the previous government, under the previous minister, committed funding for another 112 extra paramedics in the system. The Premier has repeatedly claimed that their government has boosted the paramedic workforce, yet yesterday the Ambulance Employees Association responded to those comments with the following, quote:

There have been no additional ambulances deployed under the Marshall government…

Despite Government claims the last additional ambulances were deployed over 3 years ago back in 2018…funded by the previous…Government. The only staff hired since [then] have replaced ambos leaving the service and topped up additional rosters.

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:51): I thank the member for the question. He continues to talk about things that were described in 2017, in December, by the former Minister for Health, the Leader of the Opposition now, at the end of 16 long years of Labor rule, as it was then at the time, 15 years and nine months. After 15 years and nine months, they reached a point where so degraded was the South Australian health system that they felt, with an election coming up, they needed to say some things, and the member keeps returning to these matters.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: The record for the Labor Party is clearly written for the people of South Australia in the situation that was confronting the people of South Australia in March 2018 upon us coming to government. We have delivered since then dramatic improvements for the people of South Australia, for SA Health, which I have referred to in my earlier answer, which the Premier has referred to in his earlier answers and, for the member's benefit, the Hansard should be available on the current day's transcript any minute now.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Before I call the member for Kaurna—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my right, members on my left! Before I call the member for Kaurna, I call to order and warn the member for Mawson, who is interjecting and interjecting from a place other than in his seat.

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