Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:10): Supplementary. Why did the minister state yesterday that not all tier 2 reports to the Child Abuse Report Line are investigated, given that the Legal Services Commission of South Australia website advises that tier 2 reports do require investigation?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (15:10): One of the reasons is that sometimes a tier 2 notification may have already been made. There could be the same sort of notification made about the same child by numerous people. It could be that a tier 2 notification was referred on to SAPOL, if it is a criminal matter. It could be that the best response is to engage the services of a non-government organisation rather than conduct an investigation. It depends entirely on the content of that notification.