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Commencement
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Parliamentary Committees
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Personal Explanation
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Bills
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Auditor-General's Report
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Ministerial Statement
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Parliamentary Committees
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Parliamentary Procedure
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Question Time
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Personal Explanation
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Grievance Debate
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Bills
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Question Time
PANORAMA TAFE
Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:09): Will the minister confirm that courses, including engineering, currently offered at the Panorama TAFE are being withdrawn from Panorama TAFE, the preferred training provider for the Submarine Corporation, Mitsubishi and the desalination plant?
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN (Napier—Minister for Employment, Training and Further Education, Minister for Road Safety, Minister for Science and Information Economy) (14:09): I will have to return to the house with a specific response to that.
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: Order!
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: I can clearly indicate that in response to changing demand throughout the metropolitan area there has been a relocation of courses to different TAFE campuses—
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: Order!
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: —with no diminution in the level of service that is being provided; in fact there will be a significant increase in the level of delivery that is provided through TAFE colleges in the metropolitan area.
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: Order!
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: Do you want to hear the answer?
The SPEAKER: Order! The minister will take his seat. The member for Unley might want to pay attention, he will notice that the chair is on his feet. Members of the opposition are very quick to hop up as soon as they think that a minister is engaging in debate to call a point of order. The minister is clearly not engaging in debate but is answering the question that has been asked by the Leader of the Opposition and should be able to do so without having to shout over a barrage of noise.
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: I will return to the house with a specific answer and response to the relocation of the provision of engineering services at that particular campus, and I will inform the opposition as to whether—
Members interjecting:
The SPEAKER: Order!
The Hon. M.F. O'BRIEN: —that particular course is being relocated, and the emphasis is on 'relocation'. If that particular course is being relocated then I will inform the opposition as to the campus to which that course is being relocated.