CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:12): My supplementary is: when the department sought to settle the matters of the wrongly accused student at a regional state school, why did the department require that the student remain silent as part of a $30,000 settlement?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:13): Again, as I have told the house, the Premier has made public comments to the media today and also directly to this young man that the government does not hold him to any confidentiality agreements in that settlement. I understand there are circumstances where confidentiality agreements are put in place. That is often about the amount that is settled. But this is another issue that the chief executive will be looking into very carefully.

The SPEAKER: Before the next supplementary, I call the Minister for Finance, the member for Chaffey and the member for Heysen to order. Leader: supplementary.