Executive Appointments

In reply to the Hon. Z.L. BETTISON (Ramsay) (3 August 2021). (Estimates Committee B)

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised the following:

For the Department for Environment and Water, the following new executive appointments were made since 1 July 2020. Some appointments were made to existing vacated roles.

The total annual employment cost for these appointments is $824,449 (excluding on costs). Individual executive total remuneration package values as detailed in schedule 2 of an executive employee's contract will not be disclosed as it is deemed to be unreasonable disclosure of personal affairs. For the Environment Protection Authority, no new executive appointments were made since 1 July 2020. For Green Industries SA, the following new executive appointment was made between 1 July 2020 and 6 August 2021:

The total annual employment cost for this appointment is $270,203 (excluding on costs). For SA Water, Section 17 of the South Australian Water Corporation Act 1994 allows the corporation to appoint the employees it thinks necessary or desirable and on terms and conditions fixed by the Corporation. Given this, SA Water uses its own industrial framework for employing staff and no positions at SA Water fall within the SA Executive Service. SA Water's executive structure consists of its senior leadership team (SLT), which comprises its chief executive, its chief financial officer and five general managers. Since 1 July 2020, SA Water has appointed Mr Chris Young as General Manager Operations and Ms Kylie Johnson as General Manager of People and Safety to its SLT. As a public corporation, SA Water operates in a commercial environment and competes with other private and public sector entities within South Australia and interstate. As such, SA Water considers the details of executive remuneration by specific role function to be commercially sensitive. Salary bands of staff are included in SA Water's annual report.