Residential Care Facility Visits

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:36): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Did the minister's intervention in the accommodation of the teenager undermine the staff who were responsible for his care?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order, sir.

The SPEAKER: I'm going to allow this question. It's on the edge.

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: It has argument, it presumes facts and there was no leave sought to explain.

The SPEAKER: I'm going to allow this question. The Minister for Child Protection, would you please like to have a go at answering that question?

The Hon. R. Sanderson: Can you repeat the question?

The SPEAKER: Can you please repeat the question?

Ms STINSON: My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Did the minister's intervention in the accommodation of the teenager undermine the staff who were responsible for his care?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order, sir: the question has been asked again, and I would ask the Speaker to rule on whether the assumption—the presumption that a set of facts as outlined, allegedly, by the member for Badcoe—be taken as read.

The SPEAKER: Minister for Education, I have taken it into consideration. It is on the edge. I am going to allow this question. The Minister for Child Protection.

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:37): I won't be discussing individual children under my care or any interests that I have. I am interested in all children under my care, and I will advocate for anything that I think is in their best interests.