<!--The Official Report of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) of the Legislative Council and the House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia are covered by parliamentary privilege. Republication by others is not afforded the same protection and may result in exposure to legal liability if the material is defamatory. You may copy and make use of excerpts of proceedings where (1) you attribute the Parliament as the source, (2) you assume the risk of liability if the manner of your use is defamatory, (3) you do not use the material for the purpose of advertising, satire or ridicule, or to misrepresent members of Parliament, and (4) your use of the extracts is fair, accurate and not misleading. Copyright in the Official Report of Parliamentary Debates is held by the Attorney-General of South Australia.-->
<hansard id="" tocId="" xml:lang="EN-AU" schemaVersion="1.0" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xml="http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2007/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="hansard_1_0.xsd">
  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2018-11-14" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>1</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
  <venue></venue>
  <reviewStage>published</reviewStage>
  <startPage num="2071" />
  <endPage num="2121" />
  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Child Protection</name>
      <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000112">
        <heading>Child Protection</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="5418" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2018-11-14">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2018-11-14T14:38:05" />
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000113">
          <timeStamp time="2018-11-14T14:38:05" />
          <by role="member" id="5418">The Hon. C. BONAROS (14:38):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Human Services, representing the Minister for Child Protection, a question in relation to a child abduction matter while in state care.</text>
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000114">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5418" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. C. BONAROS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000115">
          <by role="member" id="5418">The Hon. C. BONAROS:</by>  Last month, two young brothers aged three and six years old, in state care, were allegedly abducted by their mother during a supervised access visit and taken interstate. It is alleged the boys, who are biological brothers but live separately, were taken by their biological mother in Murray Bridge during what was supposed to be an access visit supervised by child protection workers at a departmental office. Fortunately for all concerned, the children were found safe and well in the company of their parents the following day, interstate. My questions to the minister are:</text>
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000116">1.&amp;#x9;Can the minister provide an update as to the investigation into the matter, committed to by the minister at the time?</text>
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000117">2.&amp;#x9;Will the minister undertake to provide this council with a copy of any findings in relation to the matter?</text>
        <page num="2077" />
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000118">3.&amp;#x9;Can the minister confirm what if any actions have already been taken regarding the incident and in terms of ensuring that it is not repeated again?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Human Services</electorate>
        <startTime time="2018-11-14T14:39:25" />
        <text id="20181114343fde21c979467e80000119">
          <timeStamp time="2018-11-14T14:39:25" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:39):</by>  I thank the honourable member for her questions. On behalf of the minister in another place, I will take them on notice. I should point out that the child protection legislation, similar to the mental health legislation, contains certain provisions which prevent disclosure of certain matters to those who are involved in the administration of those acts, so my understanding is that that will constrain somewhat the response. But I will endeavour to get as much information to the honourable member as possible and bring it back to this place.</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
  </proceeding>
</hansard>