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) (14:41): Supplementary to the Minister for Education and Child Development: why is it that the Minister for Police can tell us when his briefing occurred and the minister cannot provide us with exactly the same piece of information, both relying on SAPOL advice?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:42): I outlined publicly when I received advice about the arrest of this man and when we had received a written briefing in relation to it and follow-up briefings. So, again, I would urge the Leader of the Opposition—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: No, you asked about a specific matter in relation to—

The SPEAKER: The Leader of the Opposition asked.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Thank you, he did, sir. So I have received numerous both oral and written briefings from my department and also oral briefings from SAPOL around this matter, but I am not going to go into detail and I have quoted numerous times exactly the same information that the Minister for Police has just provided this house.