Vocational Education and Training

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:18): Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: Before the supplementary, I call the member for Mount Gambier to order, and I warn the member for Chaffey for the first time. Leader.

Mr MARSHALL: Supplementary, sir: will the government rule out closing any regional TAFE campus or reducing the scope of training available at any regional TAFE campus?

The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:19): These are matters for TAFE. TAFE has an independent board, and they are questions best directed to that. The overarching principle will be accessibility. So, precisely how TAFE organises itself in terms of bricks and mortar campuses is one thing, but it will be a matter for judgement for it how it seeks to ensure that its services remain accessible and affordable to country people. That's the principle we will insist upon; how they implement it will be a matter for the independent board of TAFE.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before a further supplementary is asked, I call to order the member for Goyder, I warn for the first time the members for Unley and Heysen, and I warn for the second and final time the member for Heysen. Leader.