CHILD PROTECTION

The SPEAKER: A supplementary, leader?

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (15:26): Yes, sir. Given that charges have now been laid, will parents of the school involved be informed of the allegations?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (15:27): In this particular case, which is before the courts currently, there are other students who were involved, and as I understand, as a result of the statements taken, no further action has been taken by police. But this is something that I am very happy to refer to the interagency task force to have a look at, because it appears to me to be quite different to some of the other events that we have had. This is initially a student-on-student event, and we will have the interagency task force have a look at it, and I am happy, again, to take some recommendations from those people who are working directly in that area.