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Barossa Hospital

Mrs HURN (Schubert) (14:39): My question is again to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Has land been purchased for a new Barossa hospital; if not, when will it be? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mrs HURN: The former Liberal government set aside $5 million in the budget for the purchase of a parcel of land for a Barossa hospital.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (14:40): As I have said previously in commentary here in this house, and publicly and in correspondence with the member for Schubert, we are continuing with what was in the budget in terms of that land purchase. We have been out to the market, and SA Health is considering the responses we have had to that land purchase. In due course the government will get advice on that.

Suffice to say the member for Schubert likes talking about this new Barossa hospital, but she is the shadow minister for health, and we have not seen a policy from the opposition that they would actually do this. There is no—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: You are committed to it, are you? You are committed? You have hundreds of millions that you have committed in your—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: That's right. Well, the breaking news here is that the Liberal Party is committing hundreds of millions of dollars. Where are they going to get the money from to do that? What are they going to cut to put that money into a new Barossa hospital?

The SPEAKER: Minister, it has been—

The Hon. P.B. Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: The Premier will come order.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Members on both sides! Premier! I ask you to come to order. It has been very quiet in here today and I was about to maybe reflect on the presence of some members, who may or may not be with us, but that would be unparliamentary. However, it has been really quiet and I think we would like to keep it that way for the next 22 minutes. Minister, resume your answer.

The Hon. C.J. PICTON: Thank you very much, sir. You can't have it both ways. Either you are committed to it and you are setting aside hundreds of millions of dollars in your election policies and you are going to outline where that money is coming from—in the midst of you saying that you are worried about spiralling debt and all that other stuff, where is the money coming from for this hundreds of millions dollars commitment—or there is no commitment, there is no money, it is not worth the paper it's written on, and you are just trying to have it both ways for your local community.

I think people in the Barossa can see through this. I think they can see that as the shadow health minister you would actually be in a position to be able to say, 'We would commit to this, and here's the money.' You are not doing that. There is no commitment from the opposition, and it is just a fantasy you are floating out there to talk to your local community without actually backing it up.

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