❓ Mr. Marmion questions reported budget cuts to the Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital cancer centre. Dr. Hames denies delays, stating $65.3 million is committed to Stage 2, with tenders advertised in August 2009 and completion in September 2011. A minor budget difference is attributed to cash flow timing.
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SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL — CANCER CENTRE
I refer to the report in last Friday’s The West Australian dated 15 May, which stated that the state cancer centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, which is in my electorate, had been trimmed by more than $30 million over two years. (1) Is that report correct? (2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES
I refer to the report in last Friday’s The West Australian dated 15 May, which stated that the state cancer centre at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, which is in my electorate, had been trimmed by more than $30 million over two years. (1) Is that report correct? (2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES
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I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(1) Is that report correct? (2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(1) Is that report correct? (2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(2) If not, what is the current situation with the future of the cancer centre at the hospital? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
I thank the member for the question. (1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
(1)-(2) I can appreciate the member’s deep concern. He would have seen the press release of the shadow Minister for Health in which he bleated on about a cut in the budget for the state cancer centre. He went on about the great service provided by the cancer centre in this state. At least that part of his press release is true. However, it is totally wrong to in any way suggest that the cancer centre has been delayed. In fact, all the member had to do was ask me. Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr M. McGowan : When we ask you questions, you can’t answer them. Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : That is because he asked it of the wrong minister. Why is the member for Rockingham so angry lately? Did he have something to do with that leadership thing? Did he miss out? I have never seen the member so angry in the entire time he has been in Parliament. He is acting like a cranky old woman. Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Several members interjected. The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
The SPEAKER : Order, members! Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr M. McGowan : You have this effect on people. Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : It is only on the member. At least the member smiles when he gets back at me, but when he gets angry at other ministers, he does not smile at all. He is not normally this cranky, so I do not know what the problem is. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take an interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : If the Leader of the Opposition waits to hear my explanation, then I will take it. The amount of $65.3 million is committed to the construction of stage 2 of the cancer centre. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : I am getting to that. Stage 3 was not in the previous government’s budget and it is not in ours. The tenders for stage 2 will be advertised in August 2009. Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr R.H. Cook interjected. Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No, in August this year. The contract will be awarded in November 2009. The project will be completed in September 2011. That timetable is the same as that of the previous government, which had construction of the project starting this year. Construction on the project will start this year. Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : Will you take the interjection? Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : No; I have not finished yet. The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
The only difference in the budget is that $4 million is not in the forward estimates, and that is because the amount is in the fifth year and is therefore not in the forward estimates. That is when the final payment will occur. It is a matter of cash flow and the completion and payment of the contract, which the Leader of the Opposition knows often occurs well after construction has been completed. I direct members to look at the budget for the construction of Fiona Stanley Hospital. The dates for some amounts in that budget are beyond the announced completion date of the construction of that hospital, which was stated over and again by members opposite, although it was put back a year every year. A project is constructed and inspected and the final payment is not paid until it is completed. Now I will take the Leader of the Opposition’s interjection. Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Mr E.S. Ripper : If you turn to page 138 of budget paper No 3, you will see the line item “WA Comprehensive Cancer Centre—Central Campus Stage 2” with amounts of minus $22.8 million in 2009-10 and minus $9.9 million in 2010-11. That is the change my deputy was referring to. Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
Dr K.D. HAMES : When I look at the budget papers put out by the Treasurer, I see a value of $65 million. I also see in the coming financial year an amount of $4 million, $5 million or $6 million. I see in the following year, 2010-11, an amount of $20 million. I see in the year following that an amount of $10 million. All bar that $4 million is in the four-year forward estimates. The hospital will be completed on time and on budget during the four years of our government.
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