Royal Adelaide Hospital Construction Site Incidents

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:10): My question is to the Attorney-General. Will the Attorney-General assure the house that the withdrawal of workplace safety charges against the Royal Adelaide Hospital contractor, HYLC, and SRG, re the death of Mr Castillo-Riffo was not a term or condition of settlement of the civil dispute between the government and the consortium?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:11): Absolutely, and that is an absolutely outrageous allegation. It is a slur upon the independence of SafeWork SA, and to suggest that in any way it would have anything to do with resolving the commercial matters between the government and SAHP is an absolute slander.

In any case, the charges, as I understand it, were against the builder and the builder, HYLC, is not a party to the agreement between the government and SAHP. So, not only is it a slander but it is also materially incorrect.