Enterprise Pathology Laboratory Information System

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:08): A further question to the Minister for Health: given the Auditor-General's report into EPLIS states:

A catastrophic failure at the primary data centre would potentially render the system inoperative for more than six hours.

why then was a secondary data centre not part of the original EPLIS budget?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:08): I will get a report back to the house on that particular issue. I am just speculating, but it may well be that the system would continue to operate without any disruption if that sort of thing were likely to occur, or alternatively the likelihood of it happening was considered so remote that it was decided that it wasn't necessary, but I am happy to get a proper report back to the house.