House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1) 52 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Parliamentary Committees Public Works Committee: RGH Teaching Aged Care and Rehabilitation Facilities Development PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: RGH TEACHING AGED CARE AND REHABILITATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT Mrs VLAHOS House of Assembly Taylor Mrs VLAHOS (Taylor) (11:45): I move: That the 392^nd report of the committee, entitled RGH Teaching Aged Care and Rehabilitation Facilities Development, be noted. Based on the evidence presented to it, and pursuant to section 12C of the Parliamentary Committees Act 1991, the Public Works Committee reports to the parliament that it recommends the proposed public works. Mr HAMILTON-SMITH House of Assembly Waite Mr HAMILTON-SMITH (Waite) (11:46): I rise to support the motion, and I will be extremely brief. This is a very worthwhile project. The only concern raised by the opposition during its passage through the Public Works Committee was the lack of consultation with the community and Mitcham council that had occurred in the early stages of the matter. We needed to be assured that the material we had been given would stand up to public scrutiny. That resulted in a delay of a couple of months while the department was forced to go back and speak to the council. A process has now been put in place as a result of that, and we are happy. The aim was never to try to replicate the planning processes but simply to make sure that, before a department brings a project to the parliament through the Public Works Committee, it has done the homework and the very basics of consultation. It is a good project, and it has our full support. Motion carried.