ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:46): My question is to the Minister for Health. Why has the minister approved the design of the emergency department at the new RAH to be based on the design of the emergency department at the Flinders Medical Centre?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kavel is leading a chorus of disruption.

The Hon. J.J. Snelling: He's been doing it all day, sir!

The SPEAKER: With great regret I warn him for the first time as my gift on the feast of his nativity.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for Defence Industries, Minister for Veterans' Affairs) (15:47): The simple answer to the question from the deputy leader is that the design of the emergency department at the new Royal Adelaide Hospital is not based upon the design of the Flinders Medical Centre, something that I have been previously asked about and put on record as being incorrect.

The SPEAKER: Would the deputy leader like a supplementary on that?

Ms CHAPMAN: No; that won't be necessary, thank you.