House of Assembly Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2) 54 2 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Question Time Child Protection Department Child Protection Department The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly Lee Child Protection Department The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN (Lee) (14:56): My supplementary is to the Minister for Child Protection. Was the minister successful in delivering all of the $14 million of savings that were required of her department in the 2020-21 financial year as set out in the government's first three budgets? With your leave, sir, and that of the house, I will explain. The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER: Point of order: this has ceased to be a supplementary. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Well, look— Members interjecting: The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! I take the point of order, but let's regard it as a separate question then. The member for Lee was actually on his feet before anyone else was, so it is a new question. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: I am most obliged, Mr Deputy Speaker. Thank you. In the first budget handed down by the Liberal government, the government required $13.8 million of expenditure cuts across the Department for Child Protection. In the next budget, the 2019-20 budget, the government required $20 million of cuts over the four years of that budget's forward estimates, and in the 2020-21 budget the government required a further $18 million of expenditure cuts from the Department for Child Protection. In the 2020-21 financial year, this totals $14 million alone. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Member for Lee, I will remind you, and you would know only too well, that you should seek leave to introduce facts. The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN House of Assembly The Hon. S.C. MULLIGHAN: Yes, which I did, sir. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: You did. Excellent. The Hon. R. SANDERSON House of Assembly Adelaide Minister for Child Protection The Hon. R. SANDERSON (Adelaide—Minister for Child Protection) (14:58): Obviously, there was a lot of detail in that question. I will take that on notice. The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: The member for Kaurna. It sounded like— Members interjecting: The Deputy Speaker House of Assembly The DEPUTY SPEAKER: Order! My comment in relation to that question is that it sounded very much like an estimates question. The minister has taken it on notice.