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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)
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Central Adelaide Local Health Network

Mr PICTON (Kaurna) (14:14): My question is to the Premier.

Mr Boyer interjecting:

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

Mr PICTON: When will the government be releasing the reports you have received from KordaMentha into the Central Adelaide Local Health Network?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:15): I don't have that information. All I know is that a report has been received by the government. We're out to the market at the moment. As the member may be aware, there is a tender out for the implementation of the fix for the Central Adelaide Local Health Network, the fix to the problems that we inherited from the previous government.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: This is a very, very serious problem. I would have thought—

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

Mr Picton: So release the report. Show us what's in the report.

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I thought it would be incumbent upon every single person in this parliament to want to see CALHN returned as quickly as possible to the level of operation that the people of South Australia deserve. It is a statement of fact, not opinion—

Mr Malinauskas: That it's got worse since you've been in charge.

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition is warned for a first time.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Premier is answering the substance of the question. It is about Health. He is attempting to answer the question in respect of CALHN. I would like to hear the answer.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: It is a statement of fact that CALHN is not operating anywhere near where it should be. Those opposite were in power for 16 years. We know, on coming to government—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: What happened to 'no excuses'?

The SPEAKER: The member for West Torrens is also warned.

Ms Hildyard: Where's your strong plan?

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

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: This is an extraordinarily important situation that we are confronted with. Those opposite, the former minister for health in South Australia, failed to reveal to the people of South Australia ahead of the election just how overbudget CALHN was or the magnitude of the problems that existed at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. If those opposite are now trying to suggest they didn't know about the design flaws at their hospital or the massive overbudget—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: —expenditure that had occurred, then that is a very, very serious situation. Those opposite should hang their heads in shame when it comes to the new Royal Adelaide Hospital. They failed again and again to listen to clinicians with regard to the design of the hospital. We now have a hospital that has got to have a number of very serious errors corrected. The previous government were aware of them. Did they declare these to the people of South Australia ahead of the last election? No.

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order, sir.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Did they declare to the people of South Australia that they were more than $200 million overbudget? No.

The SPEAKER: There is a point of order, Premier. Please be seated. The point of order is for debate?

The Hon. A. KOUTSANTONIS: Debate and relevance, sir. The question was about a report being released by KordaMentha.

The SPEAKER: Thank you. I have the point of order. The Premier, I believe, was sticking to the substance of the question. He then moved on into some elements that can be regarded as debate. It is a fair point of order. I call to order the member for Cheltenham and the Minister for Primary Industries. The Premier was interjected on through some of that answer. I ask him to please return to the substance of the question.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: My understanding is that nine firms have responded to the request for expressions of interest to implement the fix to the situation that exists at CALHN. That expression of—

Mr Picton: Fix? What does 'the fix' mean?

The SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna is warned.

The Hon. V.A. Chapman: It's a damning indictment on your—

The SPEAKER: The Deputy Premier is called to order.

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: Those expressions of interest closed on 29 October. The State Procurement Board is working through them, and we hope to have something to announce to the public very soon.

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