House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1) 54 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time SA Pathology SA Pathology Mr PICTON House of Assembly Kaurna SA Pathology Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:31): My question is again to the minister representing the Minister for Health. Is there any evidence that the privatisation of SA Pathology will result in higher community costs or longer delays for testing? If there is such evidence, will the government abandon the planned privatisation? Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The minister has the call. The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly Stuart Minister for Energy and Mining The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN (Stuart—Minister for Energy and Mining) (14:31): Mr Speaker, apart from— The Hon. S.K. Knoll interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: The Minister for Transport will not interject. Members interjecting: The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Order! The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN House of Assembly The Hon. D.C. VAN HOLST PELLEKAAN: —that question also being hypothetical, let me give the very, very obvious answer, which connects to answers given on a similar topic over previous parliamentary weeks: the government is going to look into the pros and cons and the benefits or otherwise of doing this. So for me to answer a question about the potential outcomes of the investigation into going down that path, which hasn't happened yet, would be ridiculous. So it makes it a ridiculous question.