Question Time

Royal Adelaide Hospital

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): My question is to the Minister for Health. Throughout 2015 why did the minister dismiss concerns of a delay in the technical completion of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital when a delayed technical completion date had already been identified? In 2015 the Master Works Program Report No. 43 from the partnership showed a technical completion date of 28 April 2016, not the 19 January date originally stated.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:26): Mr Speaker, I think it was long before SAHP was willing to concede a delay that I was saying that we expected there to be a delay, long before they were prepared to concede. What I always said was that the consortium had insisted on them being on time, but I had also been consistent—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —from quite an early stage that I did not believe that that was likely; however, I made clear what SAHP was saying to us. But from a very early stage I had said that my expectations were that the project would be late.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition is warned. Leader.