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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Hospitals, Winter Demand

The PRESIDENT: Mr Ngo, is this another supplementary?

The Hon. T.T. NGO (15:23): Yes, another supplementary.

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Leader of the Opposition, you are interrupting one of your own members attempting to ask a supplementary. Show courtesy to your own side.

The Hon. T.T. NGO: The minister mentioned 9 April. That's when he was briefed regarding the flu vaccination program that needed to be boosted. Could the minister advise the house whether the minister instructed the Chief Medical Officer to purchase further supplies of the flu vaccination or whether that had already been planned ahead by the previous minister?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:23): First of all, I don't agree with the dates given. I don't recognise the dates that the honourable member is referring to, but let me go to the nub of the question, which was, as I understand it: were the orders for the flu vaccines for under fives in place before the government was elected? I can assure you that the advice I received was that the previous government's commitment in relation to flu vaccinations was made without knowledge of availability. My understanding is that the order was not placed before this government came to power. In fact, it was some time into the government that I was advised that supplies had been secured and it was safe to make an announcement. If the honourable member has advice to the contrary, I urge him to table it. I certainly was of the understanding that the order was placed after the election.

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