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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Youth Death, Port Lincoln

Ms HILDYARD (Reynell) (14:18): My question is to the Minister for Child Protection. Is the minister reviewing any contact that Child Protection had with the families involved in the Port Lincoln tragedy, and who is conducting any review into this tragedy?

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL (Dunstan—Premier) (14:18): I thank the shadow minister for her question with regard to this very significant tragedy in South Australia. As we have reported to the house already, there is currently a police investigation into this tragedy underway. The findings of that investigation will be made available to the Coroner in South Australia. It's quite possible that the Child Death and Serious Injury Review Committee will make a further investigation into this tragedy.

We as a government have made sure that we are providing wraparound services for the family and also the community, and those services are being provided by the Department for Child Protection, the Department for Human Services and also the education department in South Australia. I note, and I think it is important for this parliament to understand, that the family and the local community affected by this tragedy have very respectfully requested privacy at this time, and I think that the shadow minister is traversing a very fine line with regard to this matter.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order, members on my left!

The Hon. S.S. MARSHALL: I put it to this parliament that there is a huge amount of work going into understanding exactly and precisely what has occurred with regard to this. Investigations are currently underway, but we do need to be mindful of what is at the centre of this tragedy, and that is a family that is grieving and a community that is struggling to understand what has happened. They have, very respectfully, requested privacy with this matter. We need to abide by that request and let these investigations run their course.

The SPEAKER: Before I call the leader, I call to order the member for Badcoe, I warn the member for Playford and I warn the member for West Torrens for a second time.

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