Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:10): My question, again, is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. As per recommendation 22.18 from the Chloe Valentine inquest, can the minister guarantee that Families SA is no longer closing the files of at-risk children and that the department continues to be involved in the management of child abuse files?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (15:10): That is absolutely the express intention of management as a result of the changes that we have responded to, thanks to the inquest that came down a year ago, and so that is now the management practice. If there are individual cases that people have concerns about, then I am always, of course, prepared to hear about them.

The SPEAKER: The member for Ashford.