Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:24): Is the minister aware of the comments made by Mr Waterford and, if she is aware, is she not concerned that there are people that he has clearly identified as being incompetent in that role and she now expects the parliament to accept that she is not even going to follow it up?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:24): I think when you say something in the past it does not mean it necessarily is true for the future. I understand that Mr Waterford has given evidence to the royal commission and I have read the newspaper reports on that. I do not intend, to use the phrase used by the Deputy Premier, to give a running commentary on what I am reading in the media that has been purportedly said by a former worker in Families SA.