House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-09-25 Daily Xml

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Emergency Departments

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:20): Given that the minister has made it clear now to the Parliament of South Australia that the only relief to the current crisis of overcrowding in our emergency departments is the development of new emergency department infrastructure, does the government now regret cancelling redevelopment of both the Flinders Medical Centre emergency department and the emergency department at Modbury?

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING (Playford—Minister for Health, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Health Industries) (14:20): The Leader of the Opposition is wrong on both counts: we have redeveloped the Flinders Medical Centre emergency department and we have redeveloped the Modbury department.

Members interjecting:

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: The Modbury emergency department has been redeveloped; I was there earlier in the year opening the thing. If you paid attention, you goose, you would know that!

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Minister for Health is called to order and will withdraw and apologise for the reference to the Leader of the Opposition as a goose.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: I duly withdraw and apologise, sir.

Mr Marshall: He called you a goose, not me.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: No, I think he meant the leader. Leader, a question?