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Public Sector Employees

337 The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO ().21 March 2024).

1. What was the percentage of people with a disability working within the South Australian public sector as at 1 January 2024?

2. In a table format, please provide the top 10 South Australian government agencies with the largest percentage of people with a disability in their workforce.

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

The Office of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment has provided disability employment data as at 30 June 2023 in line with the latest published Workforce Information Report. Some public sector agencies (approximately 20 per cent) only report data annually. Providing this data as at 1 January 2024 is possible, however it would not accurately reflect a whole-of-government response.

As at 30 June 2023, 1.35 per cent of public sector employees identified as having a disability. The number of employees living with disability is likely to be under-reported given the data's reliance on employees self-identifying their status.

The top 10 public sector agencies (over 100 headcount) with the largest percentage of people with a disability as at 30 June 2023 is as follows: