Education System

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:37): Supplementary, if I may, sir: has the minister been advised by her department about the capital and recurrent costs of moving grade 7 into high school, and if so, what is that cost?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:37): I do recall seeing a brief that gave the capital figure, but I won't recite it now in case I've misremembered it. I can take that on notice. Similarly, for the ongoing operating costs. I seem to recall, although I had a more distant view of the education portfolio at the last election, but I seem to recall that the costing that the opposition put on the table related to the ongoing costs rather than the capital, and whether that was accurate or not I am simply unable to say. So, I will have a look and provide that on notice.