Child Protection

Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (14:37): Supplementary: was the child's disappearance from care for two months reported to police and, if so, when?

The Hon. V.A. CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Planning and Local Government) (14:37): Again, these are all matters that are the subject of the inquiry as to the circumstances. What is publicly known is that two offenders appeared in court in relation to the unlawful sexual relations with the two girls in question—by different parties, I might say—and those matters are public, but outside of that I don't propose to add any other information as to the circumstances of those two girls until we have that report from Mr Rice.