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      <name>Childcare Services</name>
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        <heading>Childcare Services</heading>
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        <name>Ms CHAPMAN</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Bragg</electorate>
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            <name>Deputy Leader of the Opposition</name>
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            <name>Childcare Services</name>
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          <by role="member" id="1804">Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:40):</by>  Supplementary: when was the minister then first advised that this hoon driver had even gone missing, and what did you do about it?</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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            <name>Childcare Services</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) (14:40):</by>  I won't comment specifically on that individual child, but it is absolutely true that children who are under guardianship occasionally are out for a night, and sometimes for more than one night. That is, sadly, a feature of particularly older adolescent children under child protection. And it is not routine for the minister to be informed when the child is absent for a period of time. So, in terms of the specific case that is being asked about, as I have said repeatedly, I am seeking advice on what is appropriate to provide publicly.</text>
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