House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-10-14 Daily Xml

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Families SA Internal Audit

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:50): Sir, one final supplementary on this: will the government replace the 25 Families SA staff who were stood down?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:50): We have staff provided in all of our residential care facilities to care for our children, if that's what you are asking me.

Mr Marshall: That wasn't the question.

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Well, these people haven't been sacked. They have been asked not to come to work until—

Mr Marshall interjecting:

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Well, I said we have people working there, we have lists of—

Mr Marshall: They are working longer hours?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: We have people who do work longer hours, we have people who are on a list of relievers and, where necessary, we engage agency staff.