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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2016-03-22" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2)</sessionName>
  <parliamentNum>53</parliamentNum>
  <sessionNum>2</sessionNum>
  <parliamentName>Parliament of South Australia</parliamentName>
  <house>Legislative Council</house>
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  <dateModified time="2022-08-06T14:30:00+00:00" />
  <proceeding continued="true">
    <name>Question Time</name>
    <subject>
      <name>Shared Services</name>
      <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000103">
        <heading>Shared Services</heading>
      </text>
      <talker role="member" id="3404" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. J.A. DARLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2016-03-22">
            <name>Shared Services</name>
          </question>
        </questions>
        <startTime time="2016-03-22T14:49:01" />
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000104">
          <timeStamp time="2016-03-22T14:49:01" />
          <by role="member" id="3404">The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (14:49):</by>  I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Police, representing the Minister for the Public Sector, questions regarding employment at Shared Services.</text>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000105">Leave granted.</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3404" kind="question" continued="true">
        <name>The Hon. J.A. DARLEY</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000106">
          <by role="member" id="3404">The Hon. J.A. DARLEY:</by>  On Friday 18 March 2016, I was contacted by a constituent who had just received the following text message:</text>
        <page num="3438" />
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000107">
          <inserted>ASO2 Customer Service role currently available at Shared Services, based in the CBD. MUST be able to start 22/3, full-time until 30/06/2016. Must have excellent Excel, Microsoft and Office skills as well as having an excellent phone manner and ability to communicate verbally. Please send an updated CV…URGENTLY to be considered for this role.</inserted>
        </text>
        <text continued="true" id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000108">The text message was from a recruitment company and effectively, on a Friday afternoon, it was requesting someone to start on the following Monday. My questions are:</text>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000109">1.&amp;#x9;How is it that management at Shared Services needed someone to start at such short notice?</text>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000110">2.&amp;#x9;Was this a result of bad management at the recruitment company or Shared Services?</text>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000111">3.&amp;#x9;If it was a matter of the recruitment company failing to fill a position even though they were given adequate notice, has Shared Services taken any action against the recruitment company? If so, can the minister provide details?</text>
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000112">4.&amp;#x9;If it was a matter of Shared Services' management failing to identify that a position would be vacant, has this matter been investigated to avoid such occurrences in the future, and what action is being taken against management?</text>
      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <electorate id="">Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change</electorate>
        <startTime time="2016-03-22T14:50:49" />
        <text id="20160322d6e3c6e0c0fa4a72b0000113">
          <timeStamp time="2016-03-22T14:50:49" />
          <by role="member" id="3122">The Hon. I.K. HUNTER (Minister for Sustainability, Environment and Conservation, Minister for Water and the River Murray, Minister for Climate Change) (14:50):</by>  I thank the honourable member for his most intriguing question. I undertake to take that question to the minister in another place and bring back a response on his behalf.</text>
      </talker>
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