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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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Safeguarding Taskforce

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:48): Final supplementary: minister, if, as you seem to be skirting around and saying, the task force was established in relation to the death of Ann Marie Smith—

The PRESIDENT: The honourable Leader of the Opposition, just ask your supplementary question.

Members interjecting:

The PRESIDENT: Order!

The Hon. K.J. MAHER: —why is the task force not allowed to look at any of the circumstances of the death of Ann Marie Smith?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:48): I have already answered this, but I think it does bear repeating that there is a police investigation. Those files have been provided to the police, and it is not appropriate that they be provided to others. I have said countless times that the purpose of the task force was to look not specifically at the circumstances of Ann Marie Smith's death but as a response to the outpouring of grief and concern from a number of people with lived experience that they have concerns that there are gaps in safeguarding, and we are determined to close them.

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