Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-02-12 Daily Xml

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Central Adelaide Local Health Network

The Hon. J.E. HANSON (15:13): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Health and Wellbeing a question about CALHN legal advice.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.E. HANSON: Yesterday, it was revealed by CALHN that they are paying an interstate law firm Arnold Bloch Leibler to provide them with legal advice on industrial relations matters, despite having access of course to Crown law advice and many other South Australian-based law firms. My questions to the minister are:

1. Does the minister believe that there are no lawyers in Adelaide capable of providing competent advice on industrial relations law?

2. Has the minister lost faith in the advice he receives from Crown lawyers?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:13): My understanding is that these issues were canvassed in a meeting of the Budget and Finance Committee and, if memory serves me rightly, the honourable member is asking the questions that the honourable member asked yesterday. I suggest that he refers to those answers and if his committee needs further information they might want to put further questions.