CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (15:25): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Why wasn't the school community notified, given that Mr Debelle recommended, and I quote from page 601 of his inquiry report, 'Where it is suspected that there might be other victims, it is desirable that parents should be informed of that suspicion so that they may be alert to behaviour of their children that might be indicative of some form of sexual offending against them'?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:26): This is an event that occurred back in 2010, and as I said, at the time, the school assessed this as being a matter of sexual harassment. So, it is not an issue that I suspect they would have contacted the school community about. Each case is assessed on its own merit.