House of Assembly: Thursday, July 07, 2016

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Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (14:50): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection Reform. When did the government receive the child death and serious injury committee report on the house of horrors case, the recommendations of which were ultimately in the committee's 2014 annual report, and why did it take the Coroner's 2015 investigation into Chloe Valentine before these recommendations were acted upon?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (14:50): Mr Speaker, I'm not normally responsible for the operational aspects of this, but—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I think for the fourth time I remind the deputy leader that she is on the maximum number of warnings.

An honourable member interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: That's terrific. The situation is that, inasmuch as we are dealing with operational matters, I will have to make inquiries. I'm not sure whether the facts as set out in the honourable member's questions are in fact accurate, but I will make the appropriate inquiries, and I will be happy to let her know what I discover.