House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Child Protection CHILD PROTECTION Mrs REDMOND House of Assembly Heysen Leader of the Opposition CHILD PROTECTION Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): My question is, again, to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Is there a protocol in her department that the minister's office is automatically notified of any incident of sexual assault at a public school site? The Hon. G. PORTOLESI House of Assembly Hartley Minister for Education and Child Development CHILD PROTECTION The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:17): I am advised that the answer to that question is no. We have a critical incident reporting policy, and so critical incidents are reported. That is very different to the incident that occurred in 2010—very, very different. We have a number of policies and practices in place. For instance, we have a memorandum between DECD and SAPOL that provides a framework within which both organisations can work; we have a Child Protection in Schools; Early Childhood Education and Care Services policy; we have protective practices for staff in their interactions with children and young people; responding to problem sexual behaviour in children and young people; suicide prevention guidelines; Keeping Them Safe; and responding to abuse and neglect. There are arrangements between my advisers and the department about the nature of communications that they have. I am happy to come back to this place— Mrs Redmond interjecting: The Hon. G. PORTOLESI House of Assembly The Hon. G. PORTOLESI: Well, if you would like a responsible answer, I will come back to you with precisely the nature of the information that is exchanged. Media queries, for instance, are commonplace. The situation in 2010 is a very, very specific example.