❓ Mr. Cook questions the Minister for Health about the alleged $330 million cost blowout of the Fiona Stanley Hospital's IT system. The Minister denies the claim, stating it's not a loss and refutes the committee's findings.
AnsweredQoN 597Legislative Assembly
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FIONA
STANLEY HOSPITAL — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
597. Mr R.H. COOK to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. At last count, the minister's
failures with the information technology system had blown out the cost of Fiona
Stanley Hospital by $330 million. What is the cost of that IT failure today?
STANLEY HOSPITAL — INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
597. Mr R.H. COOK to the
Minister for Health:
I have a supplementary question. At last count, the minister's
failures with the information technology system had blown out the cost of Fiona
Stanley Hospital by $330 million. What is the cost of that IT failure today?
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I am not allowed to use the l-word. However, the member
opposite acts as though he owns that word because this thing about the $350 million
loss, tried to be perpetuated by the committee, is absolutely not true.
Mr R.H. Cook : A
Liberal committee says that it is.
The SPEAKER : Order,
member for Kwinana!
Mr M. McGowan :
Will you call your members off that committee?
Dr K.D. HAMES : The
Leader of the Opposition can read what the report says. The words when they
stood up, not all of them —
Mr R.H. Cook interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member
for Kwinana, I call you to order for the second time.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
When they stood up, the words talked about that loss, but the document that the
committee presented to this house did not identify it as a loss because to get
to that, it had to include the amount of money that Treasury had in the budget
for IT at the Fiona Stanley Hospital, a lot of which it then took out, and then
it gave it back again. That is not a blowout or a loss.
Visitors — Murdoch
University — Study of Parliament Group Statement
THE
SPEAKER (Mr M.W. Sutherland) :
Just before we go on, I would like to welcome the students from Murdoch
University's study of parliament group. Some of us have given them
lectures over the past two weeks. They are up in the gallery now and I would
like to welcome them to question time.
opposite acts as though he owns that word because this thing about the $350 million
loss, tried to be perpetuated by the committee, is absolutely not true.
Mr R.H. Cook : A
Liberal committee says that it is.
The SPEAKER : Order,
member for Kwinana!
Mr M. McGowan :
Will you call your members off that committee?
Dr K.D. HAMES : The
Leader of the Opposition can read what the report says. The words when they
stood up, not all of them —
Mr R.H. Cook interjected.
The SPEAKER : Member
for Kwinana, I call you to order for the second time.
Dr K.D. HAMES :
When they stood up, the words talked about that loss, but the document that the
committee presented to this house did not identify it as a loss because to get
to that, it had to include the amount of money that Treasury had in the budget
for IT at the Fiona Stanley Hospital, a lot of which it then took out, and then
it gave it back again. That is not a blowout or a loss.
Visitors — Murdoch
University — Study of Parliament Group Statement
THE
SPEAKER (Mr M.W. Sutherland) :
Just before we go on, I would like to welcome the students from Murdoch
University's study of parliament group. Some of us have given them
lectures over the past two weeks. They are up in the gallery now and I would
like to welcome them to question time.
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