HIV Services

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:25): Supplementary question to the minister representing the Minister for Health: does the minister think it's fair to close that program, saving $400,000, at the same time as spending an additional $400,000 on the health minister's office expenses?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call.

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: A $400,000 upgrade, $2.5 million to a murderer—

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens can depart for half an hour under standing order 137A.

The honourable member for West Torrens having withdrawn from the chamber:

The SPEAKER: The minister has the call.

The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:26): The shadow minister will have every opportunity he wants in estimates to quiz the Minister for Health about expenditure on his office. Let me just say, in answer to the question: this government has put nearly $800 million of additional money in the last budget into health care. We take health care very, very seriously. We will not be pursuing the previous government's Transforming Health disaster. We are putting more money in. We will get better results.

The SPEAKER: The member for Newland.