TAFE SA, PORT PIRIE

Mr BROCK (Frome) (15:11): My question is to the Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills. Can the minister advise the house if there are any plans to dispose of, by way of sale or lease, the former Australian Technical College site, which TAFE SA has the care and control of in Port Pirie?

Mr Pengilly interjecting:

Mr BROCK: It is not a Dorothy. He doesn't even know it's coming. There you go, member for Finniss. TAFE SA Port Pirie has its main campus located on Mary Elie Street and also has the care and control of the former Australian Technical College (ATC) site on Wandearah Road. I understand this site was transferred to the state by the commonwealth sometime in the last three years. It has been brought to my attention that the certificate courses in the area of heavy vehicle mechanics, proposed for delivery at the former ATC site, will be relocated to the Mary Elie Street campus and delivered in a partitioned section of the car park.

The Hon. T.R. KENYON (Newland—Minister for Employment, Higher Education and Skills, Minister for Science and Information Economy, Minister for Recreation and Sport) (15:12): I thank the member for Frome for his question. The site at Port Pirie is used intermittently, is my understanding of the situation. There is some heavy vehicle storage on it and, from memory, some of the land is leased by St Johns Ambulance and also by a radio station, Trax FM, I think it is. But I will find out more information and get a full answer for the member for Frome.