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    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Child Protection</name>
      <page num="3814" />
      <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000642">
        <heading>CHILD PROTECTION</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="1813" kind="question">
        <name>Mrs REDMOND</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Heysen</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2012-11-15">
            <name>CHILD PROTECTION</name>
          </question>
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        <startTime time="2012-11-15T14:10:00" />
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          <by role="member" id="1813">Mrs REDMOND (Heysen—Leader of the Opposition) (14:10):</by>  My question is again to the Premier. Is it the Premier's position that no briefing notes received by him pending any visit to the western suburb school in 2010 and 2011 contained a reference to the rape of an eight year old at the school?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Hartley</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2012-11-15">
            <name>CHILD PROTECTION</name>
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        <startTime time="2012-11-15T14:10:00" />
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000644">
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          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI (Hartley—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:10):</by>  I would be very happy to answer this question—</text>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000645">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000646">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000647">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  —because I am the minister. Very happy to answer this question, and all of these documents that may or may not exist, etc., will all be the subject of Justice Debelle's work. If those opposite were interested—</text>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000648">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000649">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Point of order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000650">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  Point of order, Madam Speaker: yesterday the Premier said that he was advised that—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000651">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> What is your point of order?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000652">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  —this incident was not in his briefing notes.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000653">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Thank you.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000654">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  That's why the—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000655">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! You will sit down, member for Unley.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000656">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  That's why the Premier was asked the question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000657">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Sit down, member for Unley or you'll leave the chamber! Minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000658">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  Thank you, Madam Speaker. All of those documents will be the subject of inquiry by Justice Debelle.</text>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000659">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000660">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000661">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  That is absolutely—</text>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000662">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000663">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000664">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  And I have to say, if those opposite were in the least—</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000665">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  Point of order, Madam Speaker.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000666">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  We can do this all day, Madam Speaker.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000667">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> What is your point of order?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3124">
        <name>Mr PISONI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000668">
          <by role="member" id="3124">Mr PISONI:</by>  Personal reflections upon members from the minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000669">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> I heard no personal reflections on any members. Minister.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3127">
        <name>The Hon. G. PORTOLESI</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000670">
          <by role="member" id="3127">The Hon. G. PORTOLESI:</by>  Thank you, Madam Speaker. As I said a moment ago, all of these documents—what may or may not have occurred—will be the subject of work by His Honour, unlike those opposite, who sat on this issue for months before they brought it to my attention.</text>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000671">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="5">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000672">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER:  </by>Order! Point of order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4343">
        <name>Mr GARDNER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000673">
          <by role="member" id="4343">Mr GARDNER:</by>  On 127, the minister is again imputing improper motive.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="619">
        <name>The Speaker</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <page num="3815" />
        <text id="201211151e48375531e84aa180000674">
          <by role="member" id="619">The SPEAKER: </by> Thank you. I think the minister has finished her answer. Member for Ramsay.</text>
      </talker>
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