Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-11-17 Daily Xml

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Question Time

Ambulance Ramping

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Final supplementary question: in relation to the hours of ramping that the minister referred to, will he apologise to ambulance officers who have to deal with this system?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:30): What I have already done is thanked the ambulance officers and paramedics of our community for their extraordinary service to the state—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: The leader will be silent!

The Hon. S.G. WADE: —both before the pandemic and during the pandemic, and I look forward to a continuing—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. S.G. WADE: Not only are they—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! No, I won't tolerate that language. I think that the leader ought to be very careful about what he says across the chamber. So I put the leader on notice on that one. Now, minister, if you have concluded your response, I call the leader for his second question.