Ms BADGER – Fantastic. Two rapid-fire final questions, then. Minister, can you please table the KPMG report that concluded that TasTAFE’s campus footprint was too large and that there were divestment efficiencies?
The second part of that, because I’m thinking that answer might be quite short – when we’re talking about the choice of location for the automotive facility at Cambridge, talking about the appropriate footprint, being the hurdle for that, there were other options on the table, some of them with a greater footprint. Why was that decision made to go with somewhere where there weren’t the planning facilities in place, and the fit-out has gone to a member of the TACC?
Mr ELLIS – Thanks, Ms Badger. Obviously, we want to work closely with industry and rezoning is a standard part of the planning process. We want our training to be industry aligned, that includes co-locating with industry. I don’t think there’s anything particularly controversial, or, certainly, I hope that there isn’t because that would be a good outcome.
I mentioned before previously to you around some of those areas for divestment, areas that are not involved in training – the Queenstown shed, that’s now –
Ms BADGER – Thank you, minister. I listened intently to your answer, and I note you gave an answer in the House as well. I’m just asking if you can table the KPMG report.
Mr ELLIS – I will look to the team of TasTAFE to see what might be available in that regard.
Mr GARDNER – The KPMG report, it’s unfortunate that that 30-month review picked up one line, in a really extensive exploration, which actually followed on from a previous report, which was a requirement under the transformation – as part of the transformation process. Which was an assessment –
Ms BADGER – I’m really sorry to interrupt, we have 30 seconds left and I concur if that’s picked up one unfortunate line, it would be in the interests of the public to have that tabled.
CHAIR – The time for this session has expired, but we’ll kick off with the confirmation of that.
The committee suspended from 1.15 p.m. to 2.00 p.m.
CHAIR – The time being 2.00 p.m., we will resume this session. Minister, I’ll be asking questions instead of Ms Badger as she’s at Committee B, so would you mind answering the question she put to you, please?
Mr ELLIS – I will pass back to the team at TasTAFE.
Mr GARDNER – Thank you, minister. The KPMG work that Ms Badger referred to is not available. It was not submitted as a report. It was an internal piece of advice that informed further internal work.
CHAIR – Minister, in relation to the total list of sites TasTAFE is planning to divest, do you have that information?
Mr ELLIS – I mentioned before the divestment that happened at a shed in Queenstown that’s now being used for the West Coast Wilderness Railway and also that there’s a process underway in regard to the Malangenna childcare centre which is leased from TAFE for which a request has been made but no decision finalised.
CHAIR – So you’re saying, minister, there are only two sites that you’re divesting. Is that right or is that or do you have a list of sites?
Mr ELLIS – As I mentioned, one’s recently been made and one’s for consideration. There’s a range of different facilities TAFE owns around the state that don’t have a core teaching purpose, whether that’s vacant land, other childcare centres that are operating purely as childcare centres rather than teaching facilities. I suppose as a broad area, we want to be reinvesting in our campuses and assets that are not used for teaching core TAFE purposes, so that is something we’ll look at and consider on an ongoing basis.
CHAIR – Thank you, minister. We don’t have any Independents here at the table, so we’ll go to Mr Vermey.
