Royal Adelaide Hospital Outpatient Medical Imaging

The Hon. S.G. WADE (15:04): Supplementary question: I take it from the minister's answer that there is no additional cost to the taxpayer of this proposal?

The Hon. I.K. HUNTER: Point of order: a supplementary question has to be based on the original answer, not a long-running quizzing following from a chain of answers that the honourable member is asking.

The PRESIDENT: The honourable member is coming to the end of his quizzing, but I will allow the question. The Hon. Mr Wade has the floor.

The Hon. S.G. Wade: The minister raised a point of order against my question. You did not uphold his point of order. The question stands.

The PRESIDENT: Yes. Minister, do you want to answer the question?

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order! I don't need anyone to sit there and highlight the fact that I have given a ruling. The honourable minister is on his feet. Allow him to answer the question without interruption.

The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse) (15:05): Again, I refer the honourable member to my ministerial statement, which goes into a lot of detail in regard to the process we have undertaken.