House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-08-05 Daily Xml

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Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Does the minister stand by her statement on ABC 891 radio on 25 July that, 'No child protection notifications have been received about the alleged offender?'

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:31): On 25 July when I gave an interview on ABC radio I was speaking about his employment, and what I said was that there was no criminal history and no child protection notifications. What I said on multiple occasions was that I could not talk about the allegations about a care concern relating to this employee after his employment. So, I have spoken about the assessments that were taken in relation to this employee at the time of his employment and I have been very circumspect since that time about anything that I could say in relation to his employment record since that time.

Mr MARSHALL: Supplementary, sir.

The SPEAKER: Supplementary, leader.