Public Service Association Employees

In reply to Mr SPEIRS (Bright) (24 July 2015). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. S.E. CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Minister for Education and Child Development, Minister for the Public Sector): I have been advised:

'Office holders in the PSA' is taken to mean 'Officers' under the Association Constitution and Rules, that is, the President, the Vice-Presidents, the Treasurer, the General Secretary and the Assistant General Secretary of the Association.

Under the Rules of the Association, officers must be elected from the membership of the association. Therefore these officials are either employed within the SA public sector and concurrently hold office within the PSA or have previously been employed by the SA public sector and some may hold a 'right of return' to public sector employment.

This is longstanding practice held over by many governments.

I am unable to disclose the nature of the substantive fallback positions due to provisions in the Information Privacy Provisions, but will provide information on which departments those positions are in.

Various office holders either are currently employed by or hold fallback positions in the following departments:

Department of the Premier and Cabinet

Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure

Department for Communities and Social Inclusion

Department for Correctional Services

Department for Health and Ageing