House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2011-06-07 Daily Xml

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ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL

Mr WILLIAMS (MacKillop—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:03): My question again is to the Minister for Health. Can the minister name one promise made with regard to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital that has turned out to be true?

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker. That is plainly again argument.

Mr Williams interjecting:

The Hon. P.F. CONLON: Point of order, Madam Speaker. He is interjecting again.

The SPEAKER: He is. That question was worded very badly, and I do not think that the minister needs to answer that question, but if he is happy to answer it then he can.

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) (15:03): Madam Speaker, I am happy to spend the next five minutes of question time, if members like, going through all the promises that will be delivered in relation to the new RAH. It will be built and completed in 2016—No. 1 promise. No. 2 promise: it will be a bigger hospital. No. 3 promise—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.D. HILL: —it will be one of the best hospitals in the world. No. 4 promise: it will have a strong focus on research, teaching, medicine, the delivery of services, and it will be a hospital which all South Australians can be proud of. That is a promise I make today and it is a promise I stand by and will stand by forever.