Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-02-27 Daily Xml

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Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): Supplementary arising from the answer: given the minister has previously said that he has refused to talk to any of the families involved, does the minister stand by his comments and does he think they are good enough as comments for the families involved in the nine deaths about what occurred and why it occurred?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:49): I have given answers to the chamber. Of course we regret adverse incidents. I regret the adverse incidents last year, as I would hope all members of this council would regret adverse incidents over time. Let us remember that this government experienced 12 confirmed adverse events last year but, with the former Labor government, in 2015 there were 24 adverse events—sorry, 28. I also regret them.