House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time 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) (14:26): 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 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) (14:26): 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 House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition is warned. Leader.