❓ Hon. Ljiljanna Ravlich asks the Minister for Education about child protection allegations referred to the Corruption and Crime Commission. The Minister refuses to answer immediately, requesting the question be put on notice due to the extensive research required and accusing the member of being motivated by revenge.
AnsweredQoN 604Legislative Council
QuestionView source ↗
DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION — CHILD PROTECTION ALLEGATIONS
604. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to
the Minister for Education:
I refer to the 145 child protection allegations received
under central management in 2011–12 that were referred to the Corruption
and Crime Commission.
(1) How many
cases were allocated by the CCC to a Department of Education investigator to
complete an investigation?
(2) How many education department investigations took place?
(3) How many
parents were contacted by a Department of Education investigator?
(4) Of the
parents contacted by an education department investigator, how many were
contacted via —
� (a) discussions with
parents in person;
� (b) by telephone;
� (c) in writing; or
� (d) other?
OF EDUCATION — CHILD PROTECTION ALLEGATIONS
604. Hon LJILJANNA RAVLICH to
the Minister for Education:
I refer to the 145 child protection allegations received
under central management in 2011–12 that were referred to the Corruption
and Crime Commission.
(1) How many
cases were allocated by the CCC to a Department of Education investigator to
complete an investigation?
(2) How many education department investigations took place?
(3) How many
parents were contacted by a Department of Education investigator?
(4) Of the
parents contacted by an education department investigator, how many were
contacted via —
� (a) discussions with
parents in person;
� (b) by telephone;
� (c) in writing; or
� (d) other?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the honourable member for
some notice of the question.
I am going to do something I rarely
do; that is, I am going to ask the member to put this question on notice. The
reason I am doing this, and I do this very rarely, is that this question and
two other very similar questions were asked on 8 May; that is five sitting days
ago. They involve 145 cases. Every case had to be identified and accessed, and
all these details had to be accessed for each case, which would have required
literally hundreds of hours of work by the Department of Education. Had the
honourable member really wanted this information, she would have put this
question, which is, in anyone's language, the sort of question that
should be on notice, on notice on 8 May, and she would have had that
information back at the end of the week. Quite frankly —
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You should be able to press a button,
which you're very good at, and get the answer.
Hon PETER COLLIER : That is absolute nonsense.
The PRESIDENT : Order!
Hon PETER COLLIER : The honourable member is motivated
entirely by revenge, not by representation. This is absolute nonsense.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order!
Hon PETER COLLIER : As members would know, I am very, very
approachable and conciliatory with regard to questions. If there is a
reasonable endeavour on the part of a member to get information, I will provide
it. If I cannot get it on one day, I will provide it the next day or the day
after. But to have three questions like this provided on the one day without
notice for 145 cases was simply unacceptable. So, I will say to the
honourable member: put it on notice.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I know we have not been
here for a few weeks, and I can tell everyone is very keen, so we will go to
the next questioner.
some notice of the question.
I am going to do something I rarely
do; that is, I am going to ask the member to put this question on notice. The
reason I am doing this, and I do this very rarely, is that this question and
two other very similar questions were asked on 8 May; that is five sitting days
ago. They involve 145 cases. Every case had to be identified and accessed, and
all these details had to be accessed for each case, which would have required
literally hundreds of hours of work by the Department of Education. Had the
honourable member really wanted this information, she would have put this
question, which is, in anyone's language, the sort of question that
should be on notice, on notice on 8 May, and she would have had that
information back at the end of the week. Quite frankly —
Hon Ljiljanna Ravlich : You should be able to press a button,
which you're very good at, and get the answer.
Hon PETER COLLIER : That is absolute nonsense.
The PRESIDENT : Order!
Hon PETER COLLIER : The honourable member is motivated
entirely by revenge, not by representation. This is absolute nonsense.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order!
Hon PETER COLLIER : As members would know, I am very, very
approachable and conciliatory with regard to questions. If there is a
reasonable endeavour on the part of a member to get information, I will provide
it. If I cannot get it on one day, I will provide it the next day or the day
after. But to have three questions like this provided on the one day without
notice for 145 cases was simply unacceptable. So, I will say to the
honourable member: put it on notice.
Several members interjected.
The PRESIDENT : Order, members! I know we have not been
here for a few weeks, and I can tell everyone is very keen, so we will go to
the next questioner.
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