Residential Care Facility Visits

Ms STINSON (Badcoe) (14:45): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Does the minister deny having a conversation with a 17-year-old boy at a residential care facility on 12 April?

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order, sir: she has already asked that question.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! I do not recall the exact question. The Minister for Child Protection has the call. She will be heard in silence.

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:45): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have visited many and multiple residential care facilities, both government and non-government, and I have many conversations with children who want to speak to me. If they are not wanting to speak to me, they would stay in their room. They welcome the conversation. I hear their concerns, their hopes for their future and I will advocate and I will listen to their voice and I will continue to do so regardless of what the opposition has to say.