House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, First Session (53-1)
2014-10-15 Daily Xml

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Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:14): Further supplementary, sir: clearly, this isn't what occurred in this case. We want a clarification in this house as to when Families SA should be informing and when they shouldn't be informing. Is it the case that they should be informing at every single case? Can you outline this to the house, please, what the policy is?

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE (Wright—Minister for Education and Child Development) (14:15): I've told you what the policy is. Families SA should be alerting parents when there is a risk that a child may—

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.M. RANKINE: Well, that's a very good question.

The SPEAKER: The deputy leader is called to order, and the minister won't respond to interjections. Leader.