Child Protection

Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (14:24): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Can the minister inform the house when her deputy chief executive was advised of the rape and subsequent pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl under her guardianship?

The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:25): As I have said, I first became aware of this after the sentencing remarks last Tuesday. My executive, my CE, my deputy CE, as far as I am aware, weren't aware of the sentencing that was happening on the Monday. They are working with the DPP's office currently to look at a better protocol: that the executive of my department would be notified earlier rather than what appears to have happened, which is that one of the child protection workers involved in the case has been notified, but it hasn't gone up high enough to the executive to then be notified to the minister. We are looking at rectifying that process and that is an ongoing process currently being undertaken.