Women's and Children's Hospital

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (15:26): Supplementary arising from the original and extensive answer: given that the government's promised hospital will be opening in less than six years from now, is the minister's answer to this chamber that he has no preliminary or approximate costings or budget for what this might cost? Is that really what he is asking us to believe?

The Hon. S.G. WADE (Minister for Health and Wellbeing) (15:26): I, like other members of the house, am looking forward to Jim Birch's task force report.