Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Local Government, Regional Roads and Veterans Affairs. Will the government upgrade the Murray Bridge to Mannum road? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:47): My question again is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Can the minister tell the house when the Strathalbyn Hospital emergency department will reopen?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:40): My question is to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing. Can the minister tell me when the heated pool at the Murray Bridge Soldiers' Memorial Hospital will reopen to those who use the pool for hydrotherapy and rehabilitation? With your leave, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:12): My question is again to the Minister for Regional Roads, Local Government and Veterans Affairs. As the minister responsible for veterans affairs, when will the minister make public the report completed during the caretaker period by the Torrens Parade Ground Precinct Steering Committee?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:11): My question is to the Minister for Regional Roads, Local Government and Veterans Affairs. What action is the minister taking to seek funding for further duplication of the Augusta Highway from Port Wakefield to Port Augusta following the significant investment in this important regional road made by the previous Marshall Liberal government?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (15:10): My question is to the Minister for Regional Roads, Local Government and Veterans Affairs. Following the recommendation of a select committee the minister chaired during the last parliamentary session for the appointment of a mining ombudsman, does the minister intend to use his influence as a cabinet minister to have this recommendation implemented?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:56): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for your protection. My question is to the Minister for Regional Roads, Local Government and Veterans Affairs. With your indulgence, Mr Speaker, I congratulate the minister on his appointment to cabinet and ask him whether he sought to give any undertakings to the Premier as a condition of his appointment to cabinet?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (16:57): Supplementary on that question to the health minister: when is the Malinauskas Labor government going to end ramping, like they promised during the recent state election?

Members interjecting:

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:58): My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development. Can the minister please update the house on what the Marshall Liberal government has achieved in regional South Australia since the last election?

Mr PEDERICK (Hammond) (14:49): My question is to the Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development. Can the minister please update the house on how the Marshall Liberal government has supported the forestry industry since the last election?