Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment

In reply to Mr COWDREY (Colton) (29 June 2023). (Estimates Committee A)

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): I have been advised:

The Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment (OCPSE) will report on the number of investigations into breaches of the code of ethics for the period 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023 as part of the 2023 State of the Sector report. The report will be tabled in parliament within 12 sitting days of my receipt of the report and will be publicly available through the OCPSE website.

OCPSE is currently undertaking the data collection and verification for the 2023 State of the Sector report. As such, I am advised that OCPSE is not currently in a position to provide current data on the number of investigations.

Historically, data in the state of the sector has been reported at the sector level, including data on code of ethics investigations. The commissioner is considering whether to provide de-aggregated data in this year's State of the Sector report.