Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:42): Supplementary: will the minister outline what processes the department is going through to locate the father of the two-year-old girl that were mentioned by Tony Harrison on the radio this morning? It sounds like the processes you have mentioned had already occurred: Tony Harrison says there are new processes underway.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:43): The department is doing everything it possibly can. I know I am meeting with the member for Adelaide later today and I would be much more comfortable in discussing those things privately with the member for Adelaide. As I said, these people are not part of the child protection system and I am loath to discuss their circumstances publicly.