House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-08-06 Daily Xml

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Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary, sir: does the minister stand by her statement on Saturday at her press conference where she said she first became aware of the matter on Monday and was focused on informing the parents, when the victim's parents still did not know six days later?

Mr Pisoni: Outrageous!

The SPEAKER: The member for Unley is warned for the second and final time.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:26): I think it is important that, irrespective of whether a child is under guardianship or not, parents are advised about these matters, but the priority from the very beginning was making sure that this little girl was fine and that the carers had the support they needed in caring for her.