Infrastructure Projects

Ms LUETHEN (King) (14:23): My question is to the Premier. Can the Premier please update the house on how the Marshall Liberal government is building what matters and delivering for our children and future generations?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:23): I thank the member for King for her excellent question. She is a champion—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier will resume his seat. The member for Schubert is called to order. Interjections across the chamber will cease. The Premier has the call.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I do thank the member for King for the excellent work she does in her local community, promoting good outcomes for current members and future members in that area. I think every single person in South Australia appreciates that we have done well in terms of the coronavirus. I think South Australia is now the safest state in the safest country on this earth. We have delivered good health outcomes. Now what we are focused on is making sure that we can deliver good economic outcomes for now and well into the future. That's why my government is absolutely 100 per cent committed to building what matters for our state across multiple areas.

One of the areas that we are very, very focused on is fixing the mess that we inherited from those opposite with regard to health. The health system was in a state of chaos when we came to government. Transforming Health—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —was a massive dud. We have not heard the words 'transforming' and 'health' in the same sentence from those opposite over the last three years. They should hang their heads in shame. By contrast—

Mr Boyer interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Wright!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —what we are doing is a massive, massive—

Mr Boyer interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Wright will cease interjecting.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —investment into our health infrastructure and also our health services in South Australia. Only the other day—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —they hate it over there—I was out with the member for King at the Lyell McEwin Hospital.

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: She didn't hate it; she loved it because we are expanding the emergency department. We are doing upgrades and expansions to all the emergency departments in metropolitan Adelaide, and that's the transformation of the facilities that exist in South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: We also, very importantly, reversed the disgraceful—

Mr Picton interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —act of vandalism against our health system in South Australia, which was the closure of the Repat. Our veterans—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —were camped on the steps of this parliament. They didn't care not for one second about our veterans, not for the people of South Australia—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on my left!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —in terms of our health facilities. By contrast, we are developing the Repat facility into a very, very important health precinct for our state. We are also looking after regional health with upgrades to facilities at Eudunda, Loxton and Kapunda hospitals, Naracoorte—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —and Angaston hospitals, also Waikerie, Bordertown, Clare, Peterborough and, of course, the Coober Pedy Hospital. We are also massively investing in road infrastructure in South Australia. We are doing that in metropolitan Adelaide and we are also doing it in country SA. We inherited a massive, massive backlog in terms of road maintenance right across the state. We have rolled up our sleeves and we are investing at the moment $16.7 billion into upgrades of infrastructure right across our state. One of the most important, of course, is the completion of the north-south corridor. This was a project which was first envisaged when I was born, right back—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens will cease interjecting.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —in 1968. This will take out 21 sets of traffic lights and create 4,000 jobs. We are also massively, massively investing in regional roads so that we can improve the safety for all of those people here in our state. Earlier today, I was with the Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing at Memorial Drive—very exciting. I know those opposite hate it. They hated the upgrade of Memorial Drive—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Lee!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —they hated the upgrade of the Adelaide Oval, with the fantastic new hotel. They opposed everything; it's in their DNA. But I will tell you one thing: we are just getting on. We are delivering for the people of South Australia and they are absolutely loving it.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. Marshall interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! The Premier is called to order. Before I call the member for Ramsay, I call to order the Minister for Trade and Investment, I call to order the member for Hurtle Vale, I warn the member for Wright, I warn the member for Kaurna and I warn the member for Lee for a second time. The member for Playford and the member for West Torrens can leave for 20 minutes in accordance with standing order 137A.

The honourable members for West Torrens and Playford having withdrawn from the chamber:

The SPEAKER: The member for Ramsay.