School Absenteeism

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:40): I refer again to the minister's previous answer in which she identified that there is one case before the courts of a parent being prosecuted and two under consideration. Can the minister please clarify this figure, given that in public she has identified two prosecutions before the courts? Has a case been withdrawn?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:40): No, it's that one has gone ahead. So, there were two. There are now three altogether; one has gone ahead. We have issued whatever the—

Mr Gardner: But only one has gone ahead?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE: One has gone ahead at present, the second one is in the pipeline and the third one has come to our attention.