SafeWork SA

Ms CHAPMAN (Bragg—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (15:16): My question is to the Attorney-General. Given the Premier's public statement that the report should be available, will the Attorney now immediately give the full report into the failed SafeWork SA prosecutions to the families of all victims and then make the report public?

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) (15:16): I think we must have a different understanding of what the undertaking was by the Premier because, as I understood it, he was in discussions with a number of the understandably concerned relatives, family and friends of people who had suffered serious industrial accidents and who were concerned about the way in which those matters had been progressed. He indicated that he would be providing copies of the recommendations and findings of the investigations or the work that had been done in relation to looking into the way SafeWork had been conducting itself.

What has actually happened is that there was a meeting that occurred between myself and at least one of the concerned families. SafeWork SA staff and management have been in touch with all of the relevant families, but I had a meeting probably 10 days or a fortnight ago, at which time I provided a document to the people who were at that meeting, which outlined the findings or recommendations of the work that had been done and the steps that were being undertaken in relation to that matter.

I also made the offer that if individual families had particular concerns about their case, we would be more than happy to arrange for them to receive private briefings in relation to those matters so that they could ask any question that they might conceivably have about the way the process had been conducted, or any other matter for that matter. It was entirely a matter for them.

I did hear today that there was some suggestion that there is a request for further material. I am happy, when I receive some formal indication of that, other than through the form of a question from the deputy leader, to have a look at what's being asked for. My understanding is at this point, not having seen anything other than having heard the question from the deputy leader and having heard other, I guess you would say, hearsay accounts of what might be being sought, I am not precisely aware of what additional material is being sought, but the original point that was being made I think by the Premier was that everyone in government—me included, obviously—accept the fact that we were not happy with the way in which some of these matters have been managed and some of them have been dealt with.

That is why we wanted to have an examination of SafeWork SA, and that obviously traversed a great many matters. It looked at management structures, it looked at staffing, it looked at skills—it looked at a whole range of things. So there has been a sharing of that material, but I am happy to look into any further information, obviously, that any of those interested people want to receive.

Ms Chapman interjecting:

The Hon. J.R. RAU: As to that point, I will have a look at the recommendations and the actions that are coming out of it, and that may well be something I can share with the deputy leader.