House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Infrastructure Projects INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): I have a further supplementary. This supplementary is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. Given that the Minister for Transport and Infrastructure has just said that revealing the cost for a project in advance can disadvantage that project ultimately, can the minister outline to the house why he revealed the potential costs of the Women's and Children's Hospital? 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 INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS 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) (14:26): Why wouldn't I? It was an obvious question. Members interjecting: The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I don't know what's amusing about that. The simple fact is, of course, that we would be asked by the media and others what we expected the costs to be. I got indicative costings from the Department for Health of $600 million. Of course, it is indicative, and we still have to do a lot of work before we can finally cost the project, but the ballpark figure is approximately $600 million.