❓ Mr. Buswell asks about the contract awarded to John Holland Pty Ltd for the Albany Health Campus, and Dr. Hames responds, highlighting the project's progress and contrasting it with the previous government's inaction. The exchange includes political point-scoring.
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ALBANY HEALTH CAMPUS
I am pleased to be part of a team that has delivered a new hospital in Albany after years of inaction and years of community angst. Mr R.H. Cook : Is that because you don’t want to talk about the hospital in Vasse! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES
I am pleased to be part of a team that has delivered a new hospital in Albany after years of inaction and years of community angst. Mr R.H. Cook : Is that because you don’t want to talk about the hospital in Vasse! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES
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I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Mr R.H. Cook : Is that because you don’t want to talk about the hospital in Vasse! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Mr R.H. Cook : Is that because you don’t want to talk about the hospital in Vasse! Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Mr T.R. BUSWELL : Oh no. I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
I note that the minister recently announced the awarding of a contract to John Holland Pty Ltd for the first stage of the Albany health campus. Can the minister please advise the house what this contract covers and the benefits of this type of early contract involvement? Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
I thank the member, who, as members opposite know, is very interested in all hospitals in the South West and is an active promoter of the soon-to-be-constructed hospital in his own electorate. The member for Albany will be extremely pleased to know that this government is building the hospital that his government could not build, despite seven years in government. It kept putting it off over and over again. We have awarded a $166 million contract to John Holland. I must say they are doing a fantastic job on the extensions to Joondalup hospital. They have been awarded the contract for the first stage of the hospital. The company will now get involved in the design process. That will involve a lot of community consultation about what will go in there and how it will be done. They will then put up a price to construct the final stage of the hospital. Provided that price is acceptable to government, it will proceed to construction; but it will be a contestable process that allows consideration to be given to the actual price put up. The advantage of that sort of process is that provided the price put forward by John Holland is acceptable to government, it will go straight into the construction phase. The really good news, member for Albany, is that we are ahead of schedule. That means our timetable to start construction early in 2011 is right on track; with a 2012 finish. We committed to build that hospital in this term of government. Unlike the former government, we will succeed in building it in this term of government. The former government could not even build the hospital it promised over and over in one of its own electorates—that of the member for Kalgoorlie. The construction of the hospital was put off. It is now well underway and will be completed in the near future.
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