Child Protection Systems Royal Commission

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:15): Supplementary: are those employees still on full pay?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (14:15): Very clearly, the chief executive is responsible for managing staff—

Members interjecting:

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE: Very clearly, the staff that are referred to in this context—which are not the staff, incidentally, that I was referring to previously, having misunderstood the question—have been suspended as a result of the report from Margaret Nyland in August. Having been suspended, as we have accurately reported, that has been addressed. What happens from the point of suspension is a matter for the chief executive to manage under the current industrial relations requirements.