Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:44): New question.

The SPEAKER: Yes, without reading.

Ms SANDERSON: But this is a new question.

The SPEAKER: It is a new question, okay.

Ms SANDERSON: My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. What is Families SA's policy regarding children being transported unaccompanied?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:44): I'm assuming that the member for Adelaide is making the comment in relation to being unaccompanied by a social worker or a Families SA employee. It was not clear in the question, of course. We have young people being transported all the time, very often by volunteers, on their own. The volunteers go through police checks and Department for Communities and Social Inclusion checks looking at their child protection history. Those young people who are transported in other vehicles have to be transported by people who have similar checks.