APY Lands, Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:17): I am sorry the minister feels that way. A further question—

The SPEAKER: The leader should just ask questions rather than make impromptu remarks or speeches, and the member for Wright is called to order.

Mr MARSHALL: Thank you very much. My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. How does the minister reconcile her comments in the parliament just now that the APY Lands Steering Committee 'met recently', when the executive director of the government's Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Program, Ms Meredith Saunders, stated on radio yesterday that the committee had not met this year?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:18): Well, in that case, it may be that I have been misinformed and I will come back to the house and clarify. My understanding was that there was a meeting recently. It may be, as I said, that I have misunderstood which meeting was being referred to, and I will clarify that.