Residential Care Facility Visits

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:29): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Does the minister deny receiving any advice about how to conduct herself at the visit on 12 April?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:29): As I have said before, I categorically reject any of the false and outrageous claims that the member for Badcoe is making. I have never been advised, recommended, informed, suggested by my department or any of my staff to not visit any residential care facility or—

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. R. SANDERSON: —to engage with any children under my care.

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: Point of order: relevance, sir. No-one is asking her if she was advised to visit. It's about whether she was advised to engage and how to engage, sir.

The SPEAKER: I have the point of order.

Mr KOUTSANTONIS: It's a simple question.

The SPEAKER: I believe the minister is giving some preamble to the question. However, she is being severely interjected by members on the left and the right of me. I ask that to cease so I can hear her answer clearly. Minister.

The Hon. R. SANDERSON: If the member wasn't interjecting, he would have had my answer. I have never been instructed on how to approach children or what to say. I have been given briefing notes by the department on the children in the homes and the staff. Every visit I have ever had has been booked in and endorsed by the department, and the CE or a leader in the department has accompanied me to every visit.