ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:52): My question is again to the Treasurer. What is the additional cost to the government to fit out the new Royal Adelaide Hospital so that it is ready for patients, given that, according to the Macquarie Bank equity document, the builder is 'not responsible for the procurement of complex medical items'?

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) (14:53): This was a question that was raised with me in the media, I think, about two weeks ago, so I guess it is par for the course that it would be raised in here about two weeks after the event.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the member for Norwood!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: As I informed the public on that occasion, under the arrangements we have through the PPP the hospital will be fitted out for basic stuff, including beds and all the things you would expect to find in a hospital. The complex medical equipment—MRIs and those kinds of bits of machinery—will be supplied by the state, as you would expect.

Under the PPP arrangements, the private contractor, or the private company, will be responsible for the non-clinical activities, including the fit-out of the hospital. The more complex, technical machinery will be done by the government. When we have reached a financial close we will be able to give all that information to the public.