Legislative Council - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-07-02 Daily Xml

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APY Lands, Renal Dialysis Units

The Hon. T.J. STEPHENS (15:14): By way of supplementary question, is the minister aware of how much money is spent retrieving ill people from the lands who have returned home to the lands and ceased their treatment, and at an enormous cost taken back to Adelaide to be treated for dialysis?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation) (15:14): What we will not be doing as a government is replacing services in Port Augusta, Alice Springs and Adelaide with a service in Ernabella, which would mean less flexibility in Aboriginal communities, less flexibility for Anangu and worse health outcomes.