Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-04-02 Daily Xml

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SA Pathology

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:28): Supplementary: how does the minister think staff and their families might feel to know that they will be notified in 'weeks ahead' when the minister talked about it on the radio this morning?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:28): Let me pose the question another way: how does the Leader of the Opposition think that the SA Pathology staff would have felt for the four years of the former Labor government—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I cannot hear the minister.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Allow the minister to answer and then you can ask a supplementary.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: So the former Labor government released the Ernst and Young report—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! You can continue if you wish, minister, or sit down. I can't hear the minister. It is your question, Leader of the Opposition. I would like to hear his answer to your supplementary.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: This is yet another example of Labor saying—

The Hon. I.K. Hunter: You are the one who was on the radio this morning.

The PRESIDENT: Can we just have a moment so I can listen to the minister.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Labor released a report in December 2014 which had an estimate of the FTE impact of 334.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! Sit down, minister. We are going to the next question. Supplementary, the Hon. Ms Franks.