House of Assembly: Tuesday, August 05, 2014

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Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:52): I am asking a very specific question here.

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Is this a supplementary, leader?

Mr MARSHALL: Yes, it is a question. Can you inform the parliament who provided that advice, and when that specific advice was provided to the minister that she is now relying on not to inform this parliament as to the reasons for David Waterford's resignation?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:53): The advice we have received is that we cannot go to the employment record—

Mr Marshall: Who provided it?

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Crown law have provided it. They provided me with the same advice they provided you in your briefing.

Members interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order!

Mr Marshall: Nothing to do with it.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Yes, it does. It goes to the very heart of it.

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The DEPUTY SPEAKER: I need to remind the leader that I have inherited a list here and he has two ticks, so we would like to hear the minister's answer in silence. A new question?