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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2015-09-24" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>House of Assembly</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="2725" />
  <endPage num="2831" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding>
    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001625">
      <heading>Answers to Questions</heading>
    </text>
    <subject>
      <name>Child Protection</name>
      <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001626">
        <inserted>
          <heading>Child Protection</heading>
        </inserted>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4340" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Ms SANDERSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Adelaide</electorate>
        <questions>
          <question date="2015-09-24">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001627">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="4340">Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide)</by> (25 February 2015).  </inserted>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
          </portfolio>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for the Public Sector</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2015-09-24">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001628">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001629">
          <inserted>Current policy stipulates:</inserted>
        </text>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001630">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Students are not to be involved in any investigation processes, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 notifications;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001631">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Students are not to be involved in any case that is currently before any court;</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001632">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Students are not to be involved in Care Concerns; and</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
        <text id="2015092499c0ed400d1d4cd790001633">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Students are never to be the primary assigned worker for a case, as primary responsibility rests with a Families SA employee.</inserted>
          </item>
        </text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>