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House of Assembly - Fifty-First Parliament, Third Session (51-3)
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FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES DEPARTMENT

The Hon. I.F. EVANS (Davenport) (15:06): Sir, I have a supplementary question. Even if I had a copy of the letter—

The Hon. A. Koutsantonis: What do you mean, even if you had a copy—

The SPEAKER: Order, the minister!

The Hon. I.F. EVANS: Given the minister's comment that I already had all of the letters, I ask the minister: how does she know that I knew I had all of the letters of complaint?

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

The Hon. I.F. EVANS: No-one knows whether they have all the letters of complaint until they get the freedom of information request back. I did not know, minister, as an explanation to you, whether there was one letter of complaint or 100.

The SPEAKER: Order! The Minister for Families and Communities.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Families and Communities, Minister for Northern Suburbs, Minister for Housing, Minister for Ageing, Minister for Disability) (15:07): The information I have from the department is that the FOI search was conducted with good faith and quite diligently. What we have not been able to ascertain is whether the documents the member for Davenport has in fact do contain allegations or whether they are letters of general concern about the operations of the SIU. I would expect that, with the establishment of a new unit like that, there would have been some organisations that were wary about its operation. It was new and, as I said, it was established as a result of the Layton review, keeping our children safe here in South Australia, which is what this government is focused on.

The SPEAKER: The Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!

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