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

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Leader of the Opposition) (14:52): Supplementary arising from the answer in relation to how the state and the commonwealth operate: minister, do you have any idea what the information sharing guidelines referred to in the report are, or not?

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (Minister for Human Services) (14:52): Broadly speaking, a range of jurisdictions will have, either at a state level or between states and territories, information sharing guidelines, which are broadly to ensure that any matters which place, in this case, participants at risk are shared so that the relevant jurisdiction can take action. What we have been working on, which I reported on in the last sitting week in fact—I am not sure whether the honourable member was listening at the time or not—is to seek from the federal regulator specific details.

Clearly, in this particular case where the screening unit was not made aware of Ann Marie Smith's case and was therefore provided with a screening, as it was legally entitled to do—without having been provided with that additional information about the careworker it provided the screening. Clearly, the state government is very keen and has been working on this issue for several weeks to ensure that we get information in a timely manner, and that is encapsulated in the recommendations of the interim task force.

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