Child Protection

Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:17): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Have screening and response priority tools been reviewed to ensure these tools are giving due weight to cumulative harm and chronic neglect, amongst other issues, as per recommendation 32 made by the royal commission?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (15:18): We are in the process of reviewing our screening tools, in any case. Members will recall that the Deputy Premier, in his capacity as Minister for Child Protection Reform, introduced amendments to the legislation in order to recognise cumulative harm when considering what is happening with a child when a notification is made. Along with all the other recommendations that are yet to be directly responded to, we will be reporting by the end of the year.