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  <name>House of Assembly</name>
  <date date="2022-09-06T11:00:00+09:30" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)</sessionName>
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  <dateModified time="2023-06-02T10:45:32+09:30" />
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    <name>Estimates Replies</name>
    <subject>
      <name>SafeWork SA</name>
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        <inserted>
          <heading>SafeWork SA</heading>
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      <talker role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d" kind="question">
        <name>In reply to Mr COWDREY</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
        <electorate id="">Colton</electorate>
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          <question date="2022-09-06T01:30:00+09:30">
            <name>SafeWork SA</name>
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          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="5377" referenceid="84fdb62c8e6644ce93a7ff01f8e92c3d">Mr COWDREY (Colton)</by> ((21 June 2022).).  (Estimates Committee A)</inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="" referenceid="">
        <name>The Hon. K.J. MAHER</name>
        <house>House of Assembly</house>
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          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="" referenceid="">The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector):</by>  I have been advised:</inserted>
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          <inserted>The reform program will focus on the following projects in the 2022-23 financial year:</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001727">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Introduction of new explosives legislation into parliament.</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Implementation of the government's election commitments including: </inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001729">
          <item sublevel="2" bullet="true">
            <inserted>introducing legislation to create an offence of industrial manslaughter</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001730">
          <item sublevel="2" bullet="true">
            <inserted>introducing legislation to criminalise the deliberate underpayment of employees (wage theft)</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001731">
          <item sublevel="2" bullet="true">
            <inserted>scoping the expansion of a portable long service leave schem. </inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001732">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Consideration and implementation of any recommendations contained in the review undertaken by Judge Mansfield.</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001733">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Consideration and implementation of any recommendations contained in the review of SafeWork SA. </inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001734">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Implementation of work aimed at addressing recommendations from the Respect@Work Report.</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001735">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Legislative provisions and educational material for managing psychosocial hazards in the workplace.</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001736">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Learning reports from reviews, reports and decisions made in SA and other states and territories aimed at identifying improvements to SafeWork SA's compliance and enforcement practices.</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001737">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Development and release of the new strategic plan for SafeWork SA for 2023-2027.</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001738">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Continuous focus on reviewing current system and practices with the view to continuously improve and provide a high quality service.</inserted>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001739">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>A number of projects to continue focusing on becoming a high performing safety regulator.</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001740">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Implementation of IT initiatives to become a modern regulator.</inserted>
          </item>
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        <text id="2022090654bcb2594d244c9c80001741">
          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>Work with Mates in Construction to incorporate their initiatives into compliance and education campaigns in the construction and mining sector.</inserted>
          </item>
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