❓ Mr. Birney questions the Health Minister about significant budget reductions for the Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital upgrade. The Minister explains the deferral is due to an overheated construction industry and provides revised timelines.
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KALGOORLIE REGIONAL HOSPITAL - BUDGET ALLOCATION
I have given the minister some notice of the question in order that we might actually get the answers. I refer the minister to last year’s budget papers, which show an allocation of $6 million to upgrade Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital in 2007-08, and a further $18 million in 2008-09. Given that the government first promised to spend $40 million on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital nearly two and a half years ago, can the minister explain why the $6 million previously allocated for 2007-08 has now become zero, and the $18 million earmarked for the next year has now become just $2.8 million? Mr J.A. McGINTY
I have given the minister some notice of the question in order that we might actually get the answers. I refer the minister to last year’s budget papers, which show an allocation of $6 million to upgrade Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital in 2007-08, and a further $18 million in 2008-09. Given that the government first promised to spend $40 million on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital nearly two and a half years ago, can the minister explain why the $6 million previously allocated for 2007-08 has now become zero, and the $18 million earmarked for the next year has now become just $2.8 million? Mr J.A. McGINTY
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I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for some notice of this question, and I am able to provide him with the response that he seeks. This year’s budget provides for a record total capital works expenditure over the four years of the budget forward estimates of some $21 billion. That is a record. Quite significantly, just over $5 billion of that is proposed to be spent this coming year. Interestingly, so far as is relevant to the health sector, $4 100 million has been set aside for rebuilding hospitals throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia. Again, that is an unprecedented figure. That includes provision to upgrade the hospitals in the six major regional cities and towns in Western Australia to regional resource centre status, which will enable more people to receive more treatment in their own region and closer to home. In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for some notice of this question, and I am able to provide him with the response that he seeks. This year’s budget provides for a record total capital works expenditure over the four years of the budget forward estimates of some $21 billion. That is a record. Quite significantly, just over $5 billion of that is proposed to be spent this coming year. Interestingly, so far as is relevant to the health sector, $4 100 million has been set aside for rebuilding hospitals throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia. Again, that is an unprecedented figure. That includes provision to upgrade the hospitals in the six major regional cities and towns in Western Australia to regional resource centre status, which will enable more people to receive more treatment in their own region and closer to home. In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for some notice of this question, and I am able to provide him with the response that he seeks. This year’s budget provides for a record total capital works expenditure over the four years of the budget forward estimates of some $21 billion. That is a record. Quite significantly, just over $5 billion of that is proposed to be spent this coming year. Interestingly, so far as is relevant to the health sector, $4 100 million has been set aside for rebuilding hospitals throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia. Again, that is an unprecedented figure. That includes provision to upgrade the hospitals in the six major regional cities and towns in Western Australia to regional resource centre status, which will enable more people to receive more treatment in their own region and closer to home. In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY replied: I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for some notice of this question, and I am able to provide him with the response that he seeks. This year’s budget provides for a record total capital works expenditure over the four years of the budget forward estimates of some $21 billion. That is a record. Quite significantly, just over $5 billion of that is proposed to be spent this coming year. Interestingly, so far as is relevant to the health sector, $4 100 million has been set aside for rebuilding hospitals throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia. Again, that is an unprecedented figure. That includes provision to upgrade the hospitals in the six major regional cities and towns in Western Australia to regional resource centre status, which will enable more people to receive more treatment in their own region and closer to home. In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
I thank the member for Kalgoorlie for some notice of this question, and I am able to provide him with the response that he seeks. This year’s budget provides for a record total capital works expenditure over the four years of the budget forward estimates of some $21 billion. That is a record. Quite significantly, just over $5 billion of that is proposed to be spent this coming year. Interestingly, so far as is relevant to the health sector, $4 100 million has been set aside for rebuilding hospitals throughout the length and breadth of Western Australia. Again, that is an unprecedented figure. That includes provision to upgrade the hospitals in the six major regional cities and towns in Western Australia to regional resource centre status, which will enable more people to receive more treatment in their own region and closer to home. In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
In respect of Kalgoorlie hospital, $40 million has been allocated to upgrade the emergency department, the medical imaging department, the theatres and day surgery services, and to provide for a new palliative care centre. The reason for the deferral for 12 months of the Kalgoorlie hospital redevelopment relates only to the overheated state of the construction industry. Three hospital projects - Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr M.J. Birney interjected. Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Frankly, there was real concern about the capacity to get project managers and tradespeople to be able to do the work in the context of a record government capital works program. Three hospital programs were deferred for between six and 12 months in order to smooth the flow of work. They were at Kalgoorlie, Midland and Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. Therefore, there are new dates for each of those to be able to accommodate the flow of hospital-related work throughout the length and breadth of the state. For the Kalgoorlie hospital, it is anticipated that tenders will now be called in July 2009. Construction is to commence in October 2009, and it will be completed in December 2011. The original dates were to call for tenders in July 2008, for construction to begin in October 2008, and for completion in December 2010. The 12-month deferral on Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital related solely to the state of the construction industry. As members are aware, construction on the Fiona Stanley Hospital in Murdoch is due to commence next year. That is a $1.1 billion project. Joondalup - Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Dr J.M. Woollard : That has been delayed. Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : No, it has not. The Joondalup proposal is approximately $300 million. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
Mr J.A. McGINTY : Rockingham, for which tenders have been called, has a $100 million allocation, and the Midland project is allocated almost $200 million. Each of these major regional cities and towns of Western Australia are involved in the program: Broome is already underway with a $40 million allocation; the first stage is complete at Port Hedland, and the second stage, costing approximately $120 million, is due to commence at the end of this year; the new hospital at Geraldton is now complete; the Kalgoorlie project is to cost $40 million, which will be honoured in its entirety with a simple 12-month deferral; and, of course, Albany and Bunbury will also be undergoing major upgrades as well. It is a simple matter: we have a most ambitious and aggressive construction program for hospitals, and we want to make sure that we can deliver it reasonably in an overheated construction market.
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