Royal Adelaide Hospital

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:09): Supplementary to the Minister for Health: in his standing up for South Australians, can he assure them then that this issue in relation to the cure plan doesn't risk the viability of this hospital and its precinct?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:09): I don't know what the Deputy Leader of the Opposition means by the 'viability of the hospital'. The hospital will open, but it will open when—

Mr Marshall: When?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: 'When?' barks the Leader of the Opposition—when it is safe to do so, when I can be reassured that the issues that we have put to Project Co. have been addressed and that they have been fixed so that it is safe to move patients into the hospital. I won't be cutting corners, and I certainly won't take the 'wet tissue' approach of the opposition, who would have me just do whatever SAHP ask of me. I will assert the rights of South Australian taxpayers and of the patients who will move into the hospital.