House of Assembly: Tuesday, May 05, 2015

Contents

Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (15:13): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection Reform. Has your chief executive carried out the Coroner's recommendation 22.3, to inform Families SA staff—

The SPEAKER: Has the minister's chief executive.

Mr MARSHALL: Sorry, say that again—my question is to the minister and it says, 'Has your chief executive—

An honourable member interjecting:

Mr MARSHALL: I am sorry, sir. Has the minister's chief executive carried out the Coroner's recommendation 22.3, to inform Families SA staff they do not need to seek a parent or guardian's permission before asking questions to secure the protection of a child by 13 April as promised?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (15:13): Yes, and I refer to the ministerial statement I made a little while ago where, in about the fourth paragraph, I refer explicitly to what has been done by the chief executive of that department in respect of that matter.