House of Assembly - Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)
2015-05-07 Daily Xml

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Child Protection

Mr MARSHALL (Dunstan—Leader of the Opposition) (14:30): Given that the government has already made a commitment to the people of South Australia to introduce a bill before the end of 2013 which was not met, can the minister update the house now as to what her commitment will be to introduce another bill for the commissioner for children and young people?

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector) (14:31): I can commit to the house that I will bear in mind the existing commitment to have a commissioner and I will take on board the response from the royal commission, and I will take that to cabinet for consideration.

An honourable member interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Was that the member for Mount Gambier's mobile phone going off?

Mr Bell: No, sir.