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 Mr PISONI House of Assembly Unley 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 House of Assembly Wright Minister for Education and Child Development Minister for Multicultural Affairs CHILD PROTECTION 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 House of Assembly Mr Pisoni: I did. The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: No you didn't. Mr Pisoni House of Assembly Mr Pisoni: I asked the police commissioner. The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: No you didn't. Mr Pisoni interjecting: The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: You asked him to confirm, because you had no more information than I did. Mr Pisoni House of Assembly Mr Pisoni: What did you do? Nothing! You did nothing for four weeks! The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: That is not true. We acted on it straightaway. Mr Pisoni House of Assembly Mr Pisoni: You did nothing for four weeks! The Hon. J.M. RANKINE House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly The Hon. T.R. KENYON: Point of order, sir. The Speaker House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Point of order from the Minister for Manufacturing. The Hon. T.R. KENYON House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly 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 House of Assembly The SPEAKER: Well, it won't. Member for Unley.