Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2020-06-04 Daily Xml

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Human Services Screening Unit

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:26): Supplementary arising from the original answer: can the minister outline why and on what advice she relies upon that she cannot speak about how screenings work generally and about whether there have been screenings submitted from a particular company and how that would compromise an investigation?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:26): I have already outlined to the chamber about how screenings work in some detail in response to a question yesterday. These matters are currently under investigation—

The Hon. K.J. Maher interjecting:

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: Not how screenings work, and I spoke about that yesterday. In relation to the specific—

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.S.L. Dawkins interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK: There are specific matters which are under investigation by the federal regulator, by SA police. The DHS screening unit is closely working with those investigative agents, and therefore I am not able to comment further—full stop.