Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
2019-09-25 Daily Xml

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Mental Health Commission

The Hon. I. PNEVMATIKOS (14:49): A further supplementary, sir: if there are three part-time commissioners, who will be in charge of the commission?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:49): The three commissioners together constitute the Mental Health Commission. This is one of the aspects of strengthening the commission. There is more than one voice in mental health. It is not unusual for mental health commissions to have more than one member, and my understanding is that the national commission might actually have seven members. We are a relatively humble—

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins: Several, anyway.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: The Hon. Mr Dawkins indicates several. In that respect the South Australian Mental Health Commission, with three members, would be relatively modest, but I can assure you that it is more diverse than the commission the former government established.