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ABUSE ALLEGATIONS RECORD

74 The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (8 May 2012). In asking this question, I refer the minister to my grievance speech on the 2 May 2012. Will the minister explain why a constituent of mine had a confirmed abuse notification against her name in a departmental file when the department had given a written undertaking in 2004 and the then minister (Weatherill) had agreed at a meeting in 2005 that all departmental records would be changed to record abuse not confirmed for matters relating to her and her husband?

The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development): I can confirm that the constituents referred to in the member for Davenport's question had records updated in 2005 to reflect that the original confirmation of abuse was overturned upon review of the case.