House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Health, Oracle Corporate System HEALTH, ORACLE CORPORATE SYSTEM Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition HEALTH, ORACLE CORPORATE SYSTEM Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:58): Can the minister outline to the house whether the number contained on page 44 of the Auditor-General's Report—that being the updated approved cost of $62.44 million for the Oracle system—will be the final amount or whether there has been any further slippage since the numbers were given to the Auditor-General in December 2012? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Health and Ageing Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse Minister for Defence Industries Minister for Veterans' Affairs HEALTH, ORACLE CORPORATE SYSTEM 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) (14:58): Well, give me an opportunity to have a look at the Auditor-General's Report and I will be more than happy to come back to the house with a precise answer, but can I say that Oracle is absolutely critical to improving the financial management of the Department for Health. One of the key issues I have heard the opposition complain about is prompt payment of bills, and the Oracle system is a tool that will be very important to ensuring that Department for Health bills are paid in a timely fashion, which is something I am sure all members of the house would want to see. It is a necessary investment which we have made into improving the financial management of the Department for Health, and I can't understand why anyone would take issue with that.