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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Child Protection</name>
      <text id="20121101f95cc831b19c4b6b80000477">
        <heading>CHILD PROTECTION</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="3124" kind="question">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Unley</electorate>
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          <question date="2012-11-01">
            <name>CHILD PROTECTION</name>
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        <startTime time="2012-11-01T14:31:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:31):</by>  Supplementary question: does the minister then accept that, by not notifying parents of the incident of child sex abuse at a western suburbs primary school, this may have impeded the police investigation?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> That is actually another question; however, minister.</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="3127" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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        <startTime time="2012-11-01T14:32:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:32):</by>  I am very happy to answer that question. It is full of speculation on what might have happened and what might not have happened, because the events have now transpired, and the main thing that we must be guided by in this place is the care and protection of children. And can I tell you—</text>
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          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
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        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Minister.</text>
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        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  And we must be motivated by this. We must also remember that a successful prosecution did occur, and that is very, very important.</text>
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