ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:26): I have a supplementary question. Minister, if these costs and this process is such stock-standard regular government business, why wasn't the public of South Australia advised before the election?

The SPEAKER: I don't think that is a supplementary question, but I will give you the benefit of the doubt. Do you want to answer that, minister?

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (14:27): The details of the costs cannot be finalised until we have reached financial closure, which is what we have said, and all of that was said well before the election.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: It is absolutely the case that all of those elements were known publicly before the election.