House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Royal Adelaide Hospital Royal Adelaide Hospital Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Royal Adelaide Hospital Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:07): Thank you very much, sir. My question is to the Minister for Health. Why, when asked by journalists last week if a delay announcement on the new Royal Adelaide Hospital was imminent, did the minister's office respond categorically 'No'? The Hon. J.J. SNELLING House of Assembly Playford Minister for Health Minister for the Arts Minister for Health Industries Royal Adelaide Hospital The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:07): First, I dispute that is what happened. Given that I had made an announcement in January that the hospital was likely to be up to two months late and my office was then telling journalists, no, that is not the case, I would have thought media outlets would be reporting that there was a contradiction between my office and what I had been saying for the previous two months. But putting that aside, even if based upon what the opposition have said, the reason was it wasn't. The decision to make an announcement was made Monday afternoon.