Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-02-03 Daily Xml

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COVID-19 Vaccine

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23): Supplementary arising from the answer: minister, how does it help with the rollout of the vaccination program to be using public funds to ask questions about people's confidence in the government?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:23): Again, I think the opposition needs to just stop and think for 10 seconds before they ask questions in this place. Can anybody doubt that the confidence that the people of South Australia have in Nicola Spurrier, the Chief Public Health Officer—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! The Leader of the Opposition!

The Hon. S.G. WADE: If the opposition honestly believes that the public confidence in public officers like Nicola Spurrier—

The Hon. I.K. Hunter interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Mr Hunter is not helping.

The Hon. S.G. WADE: —has not been key to the success of the program thus far they are more out of touch with the South Australian community than I realised.