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Ms BEDFORD (Florey) (15:19): Supplementary question: when will the government replace the Le Cordon Bleu restaurant and its associated facility, which was knocked down at the end of 2019 and turned into a car park? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

Ms BEDFORD: It has been brought to my attention that the TAFE and Le Cordon Bleu lecturers are now having to share facilities at Regency Park, sometimes with private providers, which often leads to room shortages and timetabling issues all due to the fact that the building has been knocked down.

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Minister for Education) (15:20): Le Cordon Bleu is a non-government provider, as indeed is the International College of Hospitality Management, and they have been working in partnership with TAFE at Regency for many years. They have been sharing facilities for many years—many years before we came to government. That was the model that was in place. It is still the model that is in place.

They use the same rooms, and my understanding is that sometimes staff have worked for both organisations depending on who is delivering courses. The partnership there is longstanding. We obviously seek to have outstanding facilities for all South Australian students and for South Australian providers seeking to attract international students.

The Premier has outlined some of the methodology that the government has used in contemplating how we best use government resources to attract further students. We will continue to work with TAFE SA as an organisation. TAFE SA will continue to work with ICHM, Le Cordon Bleu and, potentially, other non-government providers in ensuring we have those pathways for South Australian students and international students.

Regarding any further developments in relation to upgrading facilities, we will be making announcements in due course as there are announcements to make.