Queen Elizabeth Hospital Cath Lab

The SPEAKER: Before a supplementary is asked, the member for Davenport is called to order. The member for Mitchell is warned, in particular warned for interjecting using the Christian name of the minister, which he must know is contrary to standing orders and I take a dim view of.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: No, that's right. It's a diminutive. The leader is correct.

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): As always, sir. A supplementary to the minister: when will the government be replacing the outdated cath lab at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:28): I don't accept the premise of the question.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: Well, I am yet to have heard or had any representations to me that the cath lab needs to be replaced and that the equipment there needs to be replaced. I have heard, I have been told, what a great service it is, what a great cath lab it is and why it should continue. Until someone approaches me to tell me otherwise, I will take what I am told, and that is that there is nothing wrong with the current facilities there and they can continue operating safely.

The SPEAKER: I call to order the member for Hartley, who is probably boisterous because of Norwood's narrow victory over Souths, and I warn the member for Davenport.