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    <name>Question Time</name>
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      <name>Child Protection</name>
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        <heading>Child Protection</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="4340" kind="question">
        <name>Ms SANDERSON</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Child Protection</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4340">Ms SANDERSON (Adelaide) (15:25):</by>  Supplementary: while you are getting that advice, could you also please find out how many of these were relinquished due to a lack of support given to the family?</text>
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      <talker role="member" id="4622" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. S.E. CLOSE</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Port Adelaide</electorate>
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            <name>Minister for Education and Child Development</name>
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            <name>Minister for Higher Education and Skills</name>
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          <question date="2017-03-28">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
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          <by role="member" id="4622">The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Higher Education and Skills) (15:25):</by>  I think it's unlikely that that will be available. The reasons for people relinquishing their children tend to vary and I would be surprised if that data is collected in a form in which I could provide it to the chamber.</text>
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