Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:16): A supplementary, sir. Has the minister received legal advice since the commissioner's revelation that she could not discuss her knowledge of the matter given he has discussed this publicly?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:16): I haven't received legal advice counter to that and I do refer to the statement that he made yesterday in saying that he didn't refer to any of the details of the care concern and nor does he intend to in the future. The police commissioner who is in charge of this investigation is in charge of the release of information—and he stated that publicly and very clearly—and will continue to be in charge of that.