Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): Can the minister outline to the house when the Repatriation General Hospital will close?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:27): Firstly, I should make the point that services will continue, they will just be offered at different sites. Nothing will happen until we have—

Mr Tarzia interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Hartley is warned a first time.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Nothing will happen until—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: They are very angry today, sir. They are very angry.

Mr Goldsworthy interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kavel is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: He is a very angry man, the Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: It's 12 months—oh, I see, a year. Is that when he said 'vote Labor tomorrow'? Is it 12 months since then?

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Health is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: We won't be doing anything until the new rehabilitation facilities at Flinders Medical Centre are built. We expect that that will happen in the next two to three years and we won't be moving services off that site until there is new accommodation for them, particularly with regard to rehab, at Flinders Medical Centre.