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  <sessionName>Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Royal Adelaide Hospital</name>
      <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000418">
        <heading>ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="563" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.F. EVANS</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Davenport</electorate>
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          <question date="2011-02-23">
            <name>ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL</name>
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          <by role="member" id="563">The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (14:37):</by>  Given the Treasurer's answer, has the Treasurer read Treasury's summary, and does he agree with that if he has read it? The Treasurer just said that Treasury had done the summary analysis of the comparison. Have you read it and do you agree with it?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="627" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Playford</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Employment</name>
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        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2011-02-23">
            <name>ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL</name>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Treasurer, Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education) (14:37):</by>  Whether I have or whether I have not is irrelevant. I act on the advice of Treasury—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000422">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING:</by>  Big deal. The decision—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000425">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="627">
        <name>The Hon. J.J. SNELLING</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <page num="2604" />
        <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000426">
          <by role="member" id="627">The Hon. J.J. SNELLING:</by>  The decision to deliver it in this way was made before I was Treasurer. In fact, before I think I was even in cabinet the decision was made to deliver it via a PPP. I was not a party to that decision, but I have no reason not to have confidence that the decision to deliver it via a PPP was the best way to get the best value for money for South Australians. But let's be quite honest about this. The opposition hate the new Royal Adelaide Hospital. They do not want to see it delivered. They don't want—</text>
        <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000427">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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      <talker role="member" id="3121">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY:</by>  Point of order.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="2011022312d987de2246496cb0000429">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order! Point of order. Member for Finniss</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3121">
        <name>Mr PENGILLY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3121">Mr PENGILLY:</by>  The question was quite deliberate: had he read the report—not entering into a debate such as he is.</text>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Order! There is no point of order. The member for Florey.</text>
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