Public Sector Recruitment

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:05): My question is to the Premier. Who is conducting the inquiry into the recruitment process in your department, which the Attorney-General advised today has been established by the chief executive? When do you expect a report on that to be available?

The Hon. J.R. RAU (Enfield—Deputy Premier, Attorney-General, Minister for Justice Reform, Minister for Planning, Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Child Protection Reform, Minister for the Public Sector, Minister for Consumer and Business Services, Minister for the City of Adelaide) (15:05): First of all, can I refer to the ministerial statement I made earlier on, and I won't repeat all that I said in that statement, for which some members at least will be grateful. The point of that statement was—and perhaps I will emphasise it—that the chief executive of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet was inquiring into the question of recruitment across government, not just in DPC. His directions, which he has already promulgated as detailed in my statement, apply across government. So it is not going to be just a matter of DPC being affected by the changes the chief executive is putting forward. They are changes which apply across government.