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House of Assembly - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Renmark High School Presentation

The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:03): Again, noting the minister's earlier responses, was the school in breach of its duty of care obligations to its students by leaving them unsupervised during this session of a third-party provider and, if so, what action is the department taking to respond to this aspect of the incident?

The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills) (15:03): Again, I thank the member for Morialta for what is a very fair question, and, without delving into the legalities of the matter around duty of care, I think the school itself and the principal have acknowledged that they did fail in their duty of care there, because although I understand they had staff outside the classroom where the presentation was being offered and there were, I think it was glass windows and they had line of sight, that is not good enough and they should have been in the room at all times. The school has acknowledged that, the chief executive has acknowledged that, and as minister I am acknowledging that as well.

I completely accept that very important policies and procedures that are in place for a reason, to prevent things like this from happening, didn't happen, and that we need to do better. Given the very important and clear duty of care that our schools and their staff have to the young people who are in their care, I think it is fair to say that we failed in that regard. But the investigation that I have already spoken about in answering the earlier questions from the member for Chaffey is also looking at where responsibility lay for making sure those policies and procedures were followed, why they weren't and what repercussions there might be for a failure to do so.

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