House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Workplace Investigation Services Panel Workplace Investigation Services Panel In reply to Mr COWDREY House of Assembly Colton Workplace Investigation Services Panel In reply to Mr COWDREY (Colton) (29 June 2023). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. K.J. MAHER House of Assembly The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): I have been advised: There have been 28 completed investigations under the Workplace Investigation Services Panel (WISP) established by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment (OCPSE) since it commenced on 28 February 2022. The WISP was established to support agencies through expertise and additional resources to undertake investigations in a timely manner. Use of the panel is not mandatory, some agencies have their own in-house staff to conduct investigations, however the panel provides further options where the capacity may not exist. The following is a breakdown of the agencies which have procured investigation services under the WISP: Engaging Agency Number of Investigations Adelaide Festival Centre 1 Central Adelaide Local Health Network 2 Department for Health and Wellbeing 2 Department of the Premier and Cabinet (on behalf of another agency) 1 Department of the Premier and Cabinet 3 Department for Trade and Investment 2 SA Ambulance Service 1 SA Country Fire Service 1 SA Medical Imaging 3 SA Metropolitan Fire Service 4 Southern Adelaide Local Health Network 2 Wellbeing SA 1 Yorke and Northern Local Health Network 4 Barossa, Hills and Fleurieu Local Health Network 1 These numbers do not represent the total workplace investigations in government, as many investigations are conducted by public sector employees within agencies. The investigations conducted under the WISP are chiefly to assist agencies to gather relevant document and witness evidence. Agencies maintain the responsibility for making any findings, and taking any disciplinary action or similar, using the evidence gathered and after conducting their own processes for this purpose. I am also advised that OCPSE does not gather information on the outcome of investigations conducted under the WISP.