Child Protection

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:22): Given these circumstances, Attorney, could you please indicate to the parliament whether you have checked with Mr Debelle, who of course had approved the release of this and which your government has committed to release, that it now will not occur?

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) (14:23): I have had no conversation with Mr Debelle, but upon the moment of Mr Debelle handing his report to the government he became, as they say, functus officio. In other words, he was—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: What was then to happen with his report was a matter for government.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: I am most reluctant to expel under the standing order the leader and the deputy leader, but they have received fair warning. The Treasurer is called to order.