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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2021-02-18" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>54</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Child Protection</name>
      <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000068">
        <heading>Child Protection</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="4697" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Leader of the Opposition</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-02-18">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2021-02-18T14:23:46" />
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000069">
          <timeStamp time="2021-02-18T14:23:46" />
          <by role="member" id="4697">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:23):</by>  My question is to the Minister for Human Services regarding child safety. Minister, exactly what leadership have you shown in relation to repeated cases of rape, sexual assault and pregnancy of children in state care?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <portfolios>
          <portfolio id="">
            <name>Minister for Human Services</name>
          </portfolio>
        </portfolios>
        <questions>
          <question date="2021-02-18">
            <name>Child Protection</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2021-02-18T14:24:06" />
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000070">
          <timeStamp time="2021-02-18T14:24:06" />
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:24):</by>  I am a little bit perplexed about this particular question. As I stated in one of my previous questions—</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000071">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000072">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Order! Minister, resume your seat. I am tiring of members of the opposition asking questions and then the minister has hardly got a word out and there is an interjection.</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000073">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000074">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The minister had hardly uttered a sentence and the deputy leader is interjecting, so I ask the minister to continue and she will be heard in silence.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000075">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  Thank you, Mr President. Once again, I think it's disappointing for the people of South Australia that the Labor Party is salivating over these issues—</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000076">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000077">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000078">
          <event kind="interjection" role="member" id="3125">The Hon. R.P. Wortley interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <page num="2722" />
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000079">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Mr Wortley is out of order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000080">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —enjoying the pain—</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000081">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000082">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  The Hon. Ms Bourke!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000083">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  —using political means to continue—</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000084">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000085">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. Bourke</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000086">
          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. Bourke:</by>  When will you take responsibility?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000087">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! The Hon. Ms Bourke is out of order.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. Bourke</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000088">
          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. Bourke:</by>  It's absolutely outrageous.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000089">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order!</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="5413" kind="interjection">
        <name>The Hon. E.S. Bourke</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000090">
          <by role="member" id="5413">The Hon. E.S. Bourke:</by>  You talk about us more than you talk about yourself.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000091">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  If they don't want to listen to the answer we will move on to the next question.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="2742" kind="answer" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000092">
          <by role="member" id="2742">The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK:</by>  I am in your hands, Mr President.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000093">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT:</by>  Minister, you conclude as you wish. The honourable Government Whip has the call.</text>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000094">
          <event kind="interjection">Members interjecting:</event>
        </text>
      </talker>
      <talker kind="speech" role="office">
        <name>The President</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20210218cb99f3ca4547420ca0000095">
          <by role="office">The PRESIDENT</by>:  Order! The Government Whip has the call,</text>
      </talker>
    </subject>
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