Employment Opportunities

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:11): A supplementary.

The SPEAKER: It would be better if it arose from the minister's answer. If the member didn't read it, that would make it look like it is a supplementary.

Ms SANDERSON: The minister stated in his answer that he was working with government in particular to increase the number of people employed. Will the minister take it upon himself to speak to his colleague the Minister for Education and Child Development about the requirement for Families SA staff to have a driver's licence even to work on reception or on the Child Abuse Report Line?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (15:11): I would appreciate the opportunity to answer that question because I have some additional information that I omitted to provide to the member for Adelaide yesterday in answer to her question about the person who had applied. There are many positions as social workers in Families SA which do not require a driver's licence.