House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Royal Adelaide Hospital ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL Mrs REDMOND House of Assembly Heysen Leader of the Opposition ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): My question is to the Premier. Will the Premier and the government release all details of the periodic PPP payments to the consortia associated with the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, including separate details of the payments for capital, the payments for the ongoing operation and maintenance and the payments for the consortia's risk margin? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Employment ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Treasurer, Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education) (14:28): The preferred proponent, SA Health Partnership consortium, was announced on 11 December last year. Members of the SA Health Partnership consortium included Leighton Contractors, Macquarie Capital Group, Hansen Yuncken and Spotless. The SA Health Partnership consortium is to design, build, maintain and finance the new hospital and also to provide nonclinical support services over a 35-year period: 5½ years for construction, 29½ years operating. As has already been stated, it will be handed back to the government after 35 years and must be to contemporary health standards at that time. Final negotiations are currently underway, with financial closure expected in the first quarter of this year, and commissioning of the new RAH is expected in late 2015. Financial details of the project are confidential until the contract negotiations with the SA Health Partnership consortium are completed and a contract is signed. Consistent with other PPP projects in South Australia, the government will release— Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —details of the new RAH PPP contract 60 days after the contract is signed, including the total value of the signed contract. There are some exemptions that may apply, mainly the release of genuinely confidential business information that the proponent may not want to be shared with its competitors. I understand that the state project team is currently negotiating with the proponent about what information the state may agree is confidential.