Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Public Hospitals Public Hospitals The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK Legislative Council Public Hospitals 446 The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK ().19 August 2025). Can the Minister for Health and Wellbeing advise— 1.	Why did the cost of the Modbury Health Precinct increase by $13.5 million to $130.5 million in the financial year 2024-25? 2.	Why did the cost of the 26 additional beds at The QEH increase by $6.4 million to $20.1 million in the financial year 2024-25? 3.	Why did the ambulance station budget increase by $7.8 million to $126.7 million in the financial year 2024-25? 4.	Why did the Kingscote Hospital upgrade increase by $600,000 to $10.6 million in the financial year 2024-25? 5.	Why did the construction of the new ambulance headquarters increase by $14 million to $134 million in the financial year 2024-25? 6.	Why did the new Mount Barker Hospital project increase by $45 million to $366 million the financial year 2024-25? 7.	Why was the budget for the new Women's and Children's Hospital underspent by $164.3 million in the financial years 2022-23, 2023-24 and 2024-25? 8.	Can you explain how the project is both on time and on budget despite this recurrent underspend? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Deputy Premier Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Deputy Premier Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Public Hospitals The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State): The Minister for Health and Wellbeing has advised: The Malinauskas Labor government has committed additional funding to each of these projects due to a variety of factors, including latent conditions, land acquisition costs, decanting of clinical units following consultation, and an uplift in costs in a highly competitive construction market. Each of these projects have been carefully designed in consultation with clinicians to ensure they are functional and fit-for-purpose for supporting hospital functions well into the future.