Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2018-07-24 Daily Xml

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SA Health

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:41): Further supplementary, and I will try to make this as simple as possible for the minister. When the minister received the briefing and when he was discussing this, as he said he did, with his chief executive, that a contract be awarded to Silver Chain, did the minister at all think to himself, 'Wait a minute; this is the bloke who used to head the company; is there a conflict?'? Did the minister himself consider: is there a conflict?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:41): From the very first time that this issue was raised with me by Dr McGowan he made it clear that this was a matter that needed to be considered in the context of probity. That is explicitly why—

The Hon. K.J. Maher: Did you as minister think there could be a conflict?

The PRESIDENT: Order! Let him answer your question, Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: That is explicitly why Crown law advice was sought.