House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-09-25 Daily Xml

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CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Are you indicating that there could be an investigation pending, subject to your discussion with the chief executive?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:30): I have had a discussion with the CE. The contradictory information that we have had from the school versus the parents raises a number of really important factors. We will hopefully be meeting with the parents later this week, and then we will decide what action we need to take. I think it is fair to say, on reflection, looking at some of the issues that have been raised in relation to the information the young people provided, one could make an assessment that it would have been wise, perhaps, to make a notification, but the CE will be working through all of these issues in the coming week.

The SPEAKER: A further supplementary?