Repatriation General Hospital

Dr McFETRIDGE (Morphett) (14:51): My question is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister confirm that in recent weeks he has received correspondence from RSL LifeCare New South Wales advising him of significant problems within the consortium selected to develop the Repat hospital site, and can he tell the house what effect those problems will have on the scope and timing of the redevelopment?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:51): I am not going to go into private correspondence that I have received, but I will say that at the moment, RSL LifeCare is the preferred tenderer for the redevelopment of the Repat site. If that ceases to be the case, I will advise the house.