House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-05-06 Daily Xml

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Child Protection

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (14:41): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection Reform. Has the government received a response from the State Coroner, Mark Johns, regarding the explanation provided by Mr Harrison on the department's interpretation and application of section 20(2) of the child support act, and if so, will he table it?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform) (14:42): I thank the honourable member for her question. So far as I am aware, we have not received as yet a response. Whether one is in the correspondence in my office or in the post, I cannot say, but I don't recall having seen anything from Mr Johns and I expect I would have recalled seeing it because it is, obviously, a topical matter.