SafeWork SA

In reply to Mr COWDREY (Colton) (20 June 2024). (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:

SafeWork SA undertook 6,821 site visits in 2023-24.

SafeWork SA recorded a total of 2,798 reactive compliance and enforcement site visits that were not attended to by the next calendar day in 2023-24 (out of a total of 4,118).

SafeWork SA adopts a risk-based approach in determining the required response and allocation of matters. The key considerations will be:

the severity and scale of actual or potential harm

the seriousness of any potential breach of the law

whether it involves a priority harm element

whether it is a matter for which SafeWork SA has a statutory obligation to respond