APY LANDS

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg) (15:46): My question is to the Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation, or the Minister for Families and Communities, or whichever minister has a clue what is going on up there.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, member for Bragg!

Ms CHAPMAN: How does the minister explain not being able to locate 16 per cent of the children reported as tier 1 child abuse notifications to the Coober Pedy office, which receives the child abuse notifications for the APY lands, yet the statewide average is just 1.8 per cent for 2009-10?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability) (15:46): First and foremost, I will check the accuracy of the member for Bragg's assertions.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: I will check those assertions before we go any further.

Mr Pisoni: They are so high you don't believe them!

The SPEAKER: Order! Member for Unley, you are warned.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: I know it will come as no surprise to people on this side of the house, although it may to the member for Bragg, but Aboriginal people move around their communities. They move around their communities: sometimes they live in their community and sometimes they leave their community. They are not always where we think they might be, so sometimes they are very difficult to locate.