Royal Adelaide Hospital

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:18): My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister confirm that the current court proceedings focus on the jurisdiction of the independent expert, and not, as he asserted in his ministerial statement on 20 September 2016, on the role of the independent certifier, and does he know the difference between the two roles?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:18): I do. As I said in my ministerial statement—again, the Leader of the Opposition just doesn't listen to what has only been said a matter of five minutes earlier. I quote from my ministerial statement: 'The legal proceedings about the proper role of the independent certifier and the state's contractual rights came before the Supreme Court for directions this morning.' Absolutely, I hold to what I just said five minutes ago, if the Leader of the Opposition bothered to listen or bothered to read.