Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:39): Further supplementary: does the minister envisage there will be an off-site car park for the new women's and children's hospital?

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins: Ask the nurses where they park now!

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:39): The Hon. John Dawkins is becoming quite disorderly, but that is quite a good point. If you look at the Royal Adelaide site, for decades Royal Adelaide nurses have been parking further down Frome Road at the Wilson site. A lot of nurses would use other facilities, and that is certainly true of the North Adelaide site.

In relation to the car parking issues, we will continue to work with our nurses, our doctors and our patients to make sure they can have ready access. I am delighted to hear that the Labor party suddenly discovered the connection between car parking and access. It was the former Labor government that doubled the cost of weekly car parks for patients at the Royal Adelaide Hospital in terms of weekly passes—a very cruel imposition on long-staying patients and their carers.

The PRESIDENT: The Hon. Ms Scriven, I think this will be the last supplementary on this topic, but I will allow you a further supplementary.

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: My supplementaries have been much shorter than anywhere near the answer.

The PRESIDENT: No, no. You are certainly in advance on the Leader of the Opposition.

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN: I accept your ruling, of course, Mr President, as always.