House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, First Session (52-1)
2010-07-01 Daily Xml

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CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:02): My question again is to the Premier. Does the Premier stand by his comments in the media on 16 June 2010 and quoted in The Advertiser the next day that Carnegie Mellon University's enrolments in Adelaide have been increasing by 35 per cent per annum? According to the Premier's own media release on 30 May 2006, 71 local and international postgraduate students were enrolled and there was strong demand for places. The Premier's 35 per cent growth per annum figure would see 236 students enrolled at present, based on that initial number of 71. This year's media reports and the commonwealth department of education confirm that current enrolments at Carnegie Mellon are between 95 and 110.

The Hon. M.D. RANN (Ramsay—Premier, Minister for Economic Development, Minister for Social Inclusion, Minister for the Arts, Minister for Sustainability and Climate Change) (15:03): The information I gave you is the information that I have received from the department.