Mount Barker District Soldiers Memorial Hospital

Mr GOLDSWORTHY (Kavel) (15:10): What are the government's short, medium and long-term plans for health services in Mount Barker and surrounding districts?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (15:10): I have to say there are no long-term plans for the Liberal Party in the Adelaide Hills. Mount Barker is an important peri-urban hospital. We have put in extra facility. It is one of our busiest birthing units among our peri-urban hospitals, and we are putting extra resources—

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: —along with Gawler. There must be something in the water in those peri-urban areas. Obviously, it is a very, very important hospital, and it is a hospital that I am very keen to see continue to grow. It will become one of our more important hospitals in the state, and we will continue to invest in that hospital so that we can continue to add to the breadth of services. I am sure that as long as the people of Mount Barker have the federal member for Mayo, Rebekha Sharkie, as their MP she will never take that seat for granted. She will not rest, and I know she will be in my office and ringing my office, making sure that her constituents get looked after.