Health

348. Hon ALISON XAMON to the parliamentary secretary representing the Minister for Health:

I ask this question on behalf of Hon Robin Chapple, who is away from the chamber on urgent parliamentary business. I refer to the Mining and Pastoral Region and its major population centres.

(1)  Which hospitals in this region have an intensive care unit?

(2)  What is the capacity of and number of beds in those wards referred to in (1)?

HON ALISON XAMON (North Metropolitan) [5.15 pm]: I rise to draw members’ attention to the Auditor General’s twenty-second report for 2019–20 titled “Regulation of Asbestos Removal”, which was tabled today. If members have not had a chance to review this report, I would highly recommend that they get a copy so they can review it over the break. It is a particularly concerning report and one that all of us need to pay very close attention to. I do not need to go over for members’ benefit why asbestos is so dangerous.