CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:27): Supplementary, sir?

The SPEAKER: I'll hear it.

Mr MARSHALL: I am just trying to seek some clarification with that answer, relative to an earlier answer. The minister previously indicated that this person had been stood down from one position and dismissed from another. How can it be the circumstances that the government would dismiss somebody from a role when there hasn't been the conclusion of the investigation, there haven't been charges laid and there hasn't been a conviction?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:28): I understand it was the governing council that dismissed this person. It wasn't the government: it was the governing council of the OSHC service. The person then resigned from his position with the education department, so he is no longer an employee, but he is under investigation.