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Thursday 29 October 2026

New Women's and Children's Hospital $3.2b budget at risk

SA Health Minister Blair Boyer can't say the new Women's and Children's Hospital will stay within $3.2 billion. A final price is due around year end.

Bel McRae Thursday 29 October 2026, open calendar5 min read

File photo of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital under construction, 2016. Photo: Michael Coghlan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0), cropped

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Adelaide's new Women's and Children's Hospital has a $3.2 billion budget, and the minister in charge now says he can't promise it'll stick. Asked on radio on Wednesday whether $3.2 billion was achievable, Health Minister Blair Boyer said: "No I can't."

The new Royal Adelaide Hospital's ward towers seen from above, beside the railway lines — File photo of the new Royal Adelaide Hospital under construction, 2016. Photo: Michael Coghlan / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0), cropped

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