House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-11-12 Daily Xml

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CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:49): For clarification, are you indicating to the house that, despite this allegation being raised with your department in August, nobody sought to advise you until last week?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:49): Allegations were made, as I outlined earlier. The situation came to the attention of the principal. A critical incident report was lodged. A CARL notification was lodged. Information escalated, and a police investigation ensued. To the best of my recollection, it was last week that I was briefed on this but, as I said, I am happy to check the files.

The SPEAKER: Does the leader have another question in this line?

Mr MARSHALL: No.

The SPEAKER: No, okay. Member for Ashford.