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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:29): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Did the education department legal unit head, Don Mackie, ever advise a student that the department would be better equipped than the wrongly accused student if the student's case was to be settled in court?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:30): Can I say that I understand that this young man has been incredibly upset by the accusations that were made against him in 2004, and it would appear that the department accepted that it had erred in making that conclusion and accusation against him. Since receiving correspondence from this young man, we have acted swiftly and appropriately to look into the circumstances and concerns that he has raised.

However, for the Leader of the Opposition to ask me questions based on conversations where I wasn't present, I have absolutely no knowledge of, are historical and are currently being investigated, is really quite inappropriate, and I think impossible for me to answer. So, it is fine to put those assertions on the record, but we have an investigation that is underway currently—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: I beg your pardon? Again, you don't know what you are talking about.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Before the next supplementary, I call the member for Hammond to order; with a heavy heart I call the member for Finniss to order; I warn the deputy leader for the first time; and I call the member for Morialta to order. Supplementary: leader.

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