Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary, sir: can the minister outline to the house the potential saving of closing the existing Noarlunga emergency department and replacing it with a walk-in clinic?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:26): We haven't modelled savings because this process isn't about savings. This process, from the very beginning, is about quality of care and making sure people in the southern suburbs get the best quality care. I know the Liberal Party's approach. I know what they would do. They would start sacking nurses and sacking doctors and expect the system to adapt. That's what they have done in Queensland, that's what they have done interstate and that's what their federal colleagues are doing.

The SPEAKER: Minister!

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: It's in their blood—the hospital haters.

The SPEAKER: Minister! Because the minister in his flourish did not respond to my call, I call him to order; and I do caution him on the use of the term 'hospital haters'.

Mrs Vlahos interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Taylor is warned a second and final time, the member for Adelaide is called to order and, astonishingly, the leader is called to order. The member for Elder.