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University of South Australia, Magill Campus

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA (Hartley) (15:00): My question is to the Premier. What is the Premier doing to consult local residents about the Magill university campus closure and use of the land at the Magill UniSA site? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain.

Leave granted.

The Hon. V.A. TARZIA: Many constituents in Magill have contacted me since the government's merger announcement concerned about loss of open space, community facilities and biodiversity and about the lack of any consultation by this government.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. N.D. CHAMPION (Taylor—Minister for Trade and Investment, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Planning) (15:01): This has been an issue of some public commentary. For the land that is west of St Bernards Road, that will remain in the hands of the university for up to a decade, and we don't intend to begin master planning for around the five-year mark. So there is no need for your community or anybody else's community to be anxious about that.

That's already zoned for community purposes, for education purposes. It already has a heritage overlay over it. All of that would have to be considered, the heritage overlay. Any change to zoning would have to be done by code amendment, which involves community consultation, and there would have to be a full master plan, which obviously would involve consultation with the council, with the community and with others.

For the land on the eastern side of St Bernards Road, that's already zoned for general neighbourhood. It's already zoned for general neighbourhood, and there was already a great deal of, as you would be aware, public discussion about whether the university would sell that site to a private developer. I think the community should be reassured that it will be in the hands of Renewal SA and they will undertake appropriate community consultation on it and appropriate master planning.

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