CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:42): A supplementary question: given that the minister has confirmed that there was contact between the ministerial adviser and the family on 1 July advising that there was going to be an investigation, why then was the matter not investigated when contact was made on 1 July given that the minister's adviser told the mother that it would be?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:42): I am getting a little bit tired of the Leader of the Opposition verballing me. What I said was there was a telephone conversation in response to an email that was sent by the mother. I don't have the detail of the content of that conversation but I know that there was a phone contact on 1 July.