CHILD PROTECTION

Mr PISONI (Unley) (15:18): I have a supplementary question: how many children attending the southern suburbs gymnastics centre were exposed to the alleged child sex offender during the four-week period when the minister failed to tell the police?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:18): Why didn't the member for Unley tell the police?

Mr Pisoni: I did.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: No you didn't.

Mr Pisoni: I asked the police commissioner.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: No you didn't.

Mr Pisoni interjecting:

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: You asked him to confirm, because you had no more information than I did.

Mr Pisoni: What did you do? Nothing! You did nothing for four weeks!

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: That is not true. We acted on it straightaway.

Mr Pisoni: You did nothing for four weeks!

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: We had it with the interagency taskforce; we had it to the Attorney-General; we had it to the police minister.

The Hon. T.R. KENYON: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: Point of order from the Minister for Manufacturing.

The Hon. T.R. KENYON: Sir, I am not that far away from the minister and I am having very great difficulty hearing her on account of the interjections from the member for Unley.

The SPEAKER: Yes, well the bellowing of the member for Unley may lead to the loss of an opportunity to ask a further question. Minister for Education.

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Well, it won't. Member for Unley.