Royal Adelaide Hospital

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister now guarantee to this house that there are no other additional costs that the government may bear beyond the $2.3 billion current cost estimation for the new Royal Adelaide Hospital, as outlined in his previous answer, where he made it clear that the contract cost was $1.85 billion, $250 million worth of state costs, plus the $176 million worth of transition costs and the $34 million that he announced last week?

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): There's one thing the Luddites opposite don't like, and that's us investing in hospitals in this state. They hate every single dollar we invest in hospitals in this state.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Point of order, member for Stuart.

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: The minister has immediately started debating the substance of the question.

The SPEAKER: Yes, I uphold the point of order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Mr Speaker, certainly it's not my expectation.