Child Protection

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:25): Further supplementary: has the minister or anyone in your department made any inquiry of the Drug and Alcohol Unit in the health department, which is charged with the responsibility to undertake the drug assessments to assist the testing of parents suspected of affected use, as to how many have been referred to them in the last year from the minister's department?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:25): Clearly, I can't answer on behalf of anyone in my department. I will have to inquire about that. My understanding of the way that the system works is that, when the Youth Court has an order which pertains to drug assessment, that drug assessment is routinely undertaken by that department, but whether or not that in fact comprises all of them, I am unclear. I will endeavour to get an explanation back to you.

Ms CHAPMAN: Final supplementary on this matter, sir, if I may, to the minister again.

The SPEAKER: Deputy leader.