ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): My question, again, is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Why did the minister's then adviser now Chief of Staff, Dominic Stefanson, request information from the health department during the caretaker period from the 2010 election campaign in relation to the Liberal Party's plan to rebuild the Royal Adelaide Hospital? The opposition has obtained emails under FOI from minister Hill's then adviser now Chief of Staff, Dominic Stefanson, seeking health department advice on Liberal Party policy.

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts) (14:31): Madam Speaker, I would have thought that it was blindingly obvious: so that we could find out the cost of the propositions the Liberal Party were putting to the public of South Australia. I do not understand—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: I do not think that the opposition understands—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: —about caretaker provisions. You cannot make major decisions, you cannot make major appointments, you cannot spend budget money out of normal provisions.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: But there is absolutely nothing wrong asking questions, and that is, I assume, what my staff asked. If the opposition is embarrassed about what they put before the public in the 2010 election, I cannot help that, Madam Speaker.

Mr Pisoni: You should be embarrassed.

The SPEAKER: Order! The member for Mitchell.