House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
2013-09-26 Daily Xml

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CHILD PROTECTION

Mr MARSHALL (Norwood—Leader of the Opposition) (14:16): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Now that the minister has had 24 hours to check, can she confirm that her department did receive a request dated 25 June this year from the parents at the centre of the southern suburbs school alleged sexual abuse case, to investigate the mandatory reporting requirements under the Child Protection Act?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for Multicultural Affairs) (14:17): Yes, I was advised, after searching—the departmental databank records were discovered last night—that an email with two attachments was forwarded to the departmental mailbox. They were forwarded on to a departmental officer. They were discovered last night and the chief executive will investigate the handling of that particular email. That email did have an attachment asking for an investigation into non-reporting to the Child Abuse Report Line. I must say, though, that none of that information came to my office.