CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): A further supplementary question: does the minister accept that investigating breaches of the mandatory reporting requirements of the Child Protection Act is the responsibility of the education department?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:24): I think in light of the fact that charges have now been laid by the police and that a report has been made to the Child Abuse Report Line, this matter has been deemed by the police as serious enough to lay charges. What we don't have is information about whether information was provided to the police that was not provided to the school, and that is what we need to find out.