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Question Time

ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (15:25): My question is to the Premier. Given that the Premier has announced that today marks the commencement of the RAH project at the rail yards, why won't he tell the people of this state the cost, the scope of the project and the length of the PPP contract? The government first advised that the PPP contract would be over 30 years, then revealed that the contract would be over 35 years. Today, the Minister for Health told media that the contract would be 25 to 30 years.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Southern Suburbs, Minister Assisting the Premier in the Arts) (15:25): I thank the member for her question. It is a question that has been asked multiple times before. The financial closure of the hospital will occur in the next six to eight weeks. When that occurs—

Mr Pisoni: You have started it already. You don't know how much it costs but you have started it. I wouldn't mind you as a customer.

The SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Pisoni: I tell you what, I would have made a fortune.

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: Well, sharp practices by the member for Unley are probably one thing we will put to one side.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, the minister will get back to the question! The opposition will be quiet.

The Hon. J.D. HILL: Madam Speaker, if the member interjects with that kind of line, that is the kind of response he deserves to get. As I was saying, the financial closure will occur in the next six weeks or so. When that occurs, all of the details as to the cost will be revealed to the community, and to the opposition, and the detail of that will be plain for all to see.

The second element of the question is the scope of the project. I would refer members opposite to the website which goes through that in a lot of detail. The third question was in relation to the length of the contract. The contract will be for 35 years; it will complete in 2045. The first part of that contract is the construction side and then there is a 29-year period, I think, which is operational.

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