House of Assembly Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2) 52 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Child Protection Inquiry CHILD PROTECTION INQUIRY Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Norwood Leader of the Opposition CHILD PROTECTION INQUIRY Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (15:34): A supplementary question, sir: perhaps the Premier could outline to the house why it would be perfectly natural for a ministerial adviser to be speaking with the chief executive officer of the education department or his legal counsel about penalties that the education department itself will be putting in place with follow-up from the Debelle inquiry? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Premier Minister for State Development Minister for the Public Sector Minister for the Arts CHILD PROTECTION INQUIRY The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier, Treasurer, Minister for State Development, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for the Arts) (15:34): The first thing I said is that I'm not aware of the situation, but I did say that it would be perfectly natural, if we are being asked questions about this, to make our own inquiries to see what the progress is of a matter of some significant public interest, that is, the progress of disciplinary proceedings against various members of the Department for Education, which are notorious matters of public interest. I think that is completely routine.