Child Protection

Mr TEAGUE (Heysen) (14:46): My question is to the Premier. How many rapid welfare checks have been carried out since the Premier's announcement?

The Hon. P.B. MALINAUSKAS (Croydon—Premier) (14:46): I understand that there is an intention to start the rollout of those rapid welfare checks tomorrow. When I spoke to the police commissioner earlier today, he explained to me the process that is being gone through to be able to get us to that point. Like I said, the intention or aspiration is to be in a position to start that by the end of tomorrow.

They are working as quickly as possible. It needs to be done thoughtfully and methodically. I don't want to give anything away operationally that I am not supposed to speak to, but in respect of the 500-odd task not surprisingly a very significant number of those children are known to the state government in some form, and making sure that it is done in a coordinated way, particularly when we are doing it with multiple agencies, does require effort.

However, the exercise is being done as quickly as possible and, like I said, there is an aspiration for that to start tomorrow. I don't want that to be interpreted as a commitment or a guarantee that it will start tomorrow, but that's certainly what is being worked towards.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order! Of three members, I recognise the member for Heysen on a supplementary and then I will turn to the member for Playford.