House of Assembly: Thursday, July 04, 2013

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CHILD PROTECTION

Mr PISONI (Unley) (14:53): Supplementary if I may, sir, because the minister did not answer the question as to when she was advised. Can the minister tell the house when she advised the police minister and the Attorney-General?

The SPEAKER: It is a supplementary. Minister—

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:53): No, that was not the question. You asked me when I found out.

The SPEAKER: Minister, that seems to be a supplementary. Would you care to answer it?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Thank you, sir. I think that it was in the week of receiving, or in a week of receiving, the email from the mother, we checked that, in fact, the police minister had been alerted to these issues. I sent a minute to the Attorney-General and the Minister for Police. I think that I signed that on 19 June, the day I received advice from the interagency task force.