House of Assembly Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Child Protection Child Protection Mr MARSHALL House of Assembly Dunstan Leader of the Opposition Child Protection Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:51): My question is to the Premier. How long will it take to have a fully operational, dedicated agency for child protection in South Australia? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly Cheltenham Premier Child Protection The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL (Cheltenham—Premier) (14:51): Certainly, we will act on that as soon as possible. This is the first work— Mr Marshall House of Assembly Mr Marshall: How long? The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL House of Assembly The Hon. J.W. WEATHERILL: Well, as soon as possible. The ambition is to have this as advanced as we can have it by the time the recommendations have been responded to. Ideally, in a perfect world, we would have a new chief executive and we would have a fully functional agency set up and established, but really that largely abides the length of recruitment time. We are undertaking an international search for a new leader for the child protection agency, the new child protection department. That will take as long as it takes to get the right person. As soon as we possibly can, I think, is the answer.