Power Outages, Hospitals

Mr VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart) (14:17): My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister explain why, contrary to advice he just gave the house a little while ago, I have been advised that the Port Augusta Hospital was without any on-site power for four hours last night?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:17): Well, that's not my advice. My advice is, as I said—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The leader is warned, and the member for Hartley is warned for the second and the final time.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: My advice is there was a failure in one of the generators at the Port Augusta Hospital. The supplementary generators at the Port Augusta Hospital kicked in, and the hospital was not without power. I am more than happy to double-check that, but that is the advice I had as recently as about half an hour ago.

Mr van Holst Pellekaan: Will you answer back to the house?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Yes, of course.