Ministerial Statement

APY LANDS, CHILD SEX ABUSE

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability) (15:57): I seek leave to make a ministerial statement.

Leave granted.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: On 27 September, the member for Bragg said in a question to me that 16 per cent of the children reported as tier 1 child abuse notifications referred to the Coober Pedy office had not been located for investigation when the statewide average is just 1.8 per cent for the year 2009-10.

It is important to note that these are tier 1 reports allocated to the Coober Pedy office for the Coober Pedy region, not exclusively for the APY lands. I advise the house that the tier 1 notifications closed with the outcome 'not located' in Coober Pedy 2009-10 involved three families. One family had six children and the other two families had one child each. This means there were three instances where we were unable to complete a home visit because Families SA were unable to locate the family. The latest information I have received for 2010-11 indicates there were no tier 1 notifications closed with the outcome not located in Coober Pedy.