Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:40): The scope of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital was set well before the Transforming Health report was out, and our question was specifically about what capital expenditure will now be on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital site to accommodate the Transforming Health proposals.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:41): I am very confident that the current configuration of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital will more than be able to deal with whatever ramifications there might be of Transforming Health. The new Royal Adelaide Hospital is something that we are very proud of and we are looking forward to opening—something that has been consistently opposed by the opposition for the last 10 years. They have never wanted a new hospital. They are quite content with 1950s buildings filled with asbestos. That's their vision of our health service.

Mr PENGILLY: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: If the point of order is that the minister is not responsible for the opposition's policy to support the old Royal Adelaide Hospital, I uphold it.

Mr PENGILLY: I'll go with that one then.

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna.