House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-03-18 Daily Xml

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Health Review

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:19): Considering the minister's 2014 election promise to build a new Women's and Children's Hospital within 10 years and his statements this year to the Flinders Medical Centre NICU group that the relocation is still 10 years away, has the minister misled the state by claiming Transforming Health fast-tracks the co-location?

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 saying we are breaking an election promise by doing it earlier. I think that is his logic. Well, I guess we are. Shucks, we want to do it earlier than we promised. If that is a broken election promise, yes, I guess you've got me on this one. The fact is we would like to relocate the Women's and Children's Hospital earlier, if we can. That is an option that we are exploring at the moment.

Mr Gardner interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The member for Morialta is called to order.

The Hon. J.J. SNELLING: It will depend on any number of things but, aside from that, the time frame for relocating the Women's and Children's Hospital is, as we announced last year, 2023.