Springbank Secondary College

Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): My question is to the Minister for Education. How much of the $10 million that was assigned to Springbank to facilitate infrastructure and to facilitate increased enrolment has been spent already?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (14:23): Out of an abundance of caution, I will take that on notice.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Kaurna, member for Hammond!

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: To be clear, there has been a range of maintenance works that has taken place at Springbank.

The Hon. Z.L. Bettison interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Ramsay!

Mr Malinauskas interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Leader!

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: The member has asked a question and I am endeavouring to answer it. There has been a range of maintenance works that—

The Hon. S.C. Mullighan interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Member for Lee!

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: A range of maintenance works have taken place at Springbank over the last year and a half, and there has been some infrastructure work that has been done there. Whether or not that's out of that $10 million or out of a different funding pool I will clarify. My understanding is that it's in the order of $1 million that has been spent. Nevertheless, despite having provided a reasonable amount of information, I will take the question on notice so that I can provide even more information to the shadow minister because I believe the shadow minister is interested.