Legislative Council Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Answers to Questions Electoral Commission Electoral Commission The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO Legislative Council Electoral Commission 344 The Hon. H.M. GIROLAMO ().10 April 2024). 1.	What percentage of Electoral Commission of South Australia (ECSA) staff identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? 2.	What percentage of ECSA staff identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in 2022 and 2023? 3.	What percentage of ECSA's executive staff identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander? 4.	What percentage of ECSA's executive staff identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander in 2022 and 2023? 5.	What percentage of ECSA staff had undertaken cultural awareness training as of 15 March 2024? 6.	What did the cultural awareness training entail? The Hon. K.J. MAHER Legislative Council Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Attorney-General Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector Electoral Commission The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector): I am advised: 1.	There are no ECSA public sector staff who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. In relation to the recent South Australian First Nations Voice to Parliament election, 10.5 per cent of the casual and recruitment agency contract staff identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 2.	In 2022 and 2023 there were no ECSA public sector staff who identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. In relation to casual and recruitment agency contract staff employed for the 2022 state election, 0.9 per cent identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 3.	ECSA has two executive level staff. Neither identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 4.	In 2022 and 2023, ECSA had two executive level staff. Neither identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander. 5.	As of 15 March 2024, 86.7 per cent of ECSA public sector staff had undertaken cultural awareness training. Those who had not completed the training was due to the timing of their commencement and the ability to run another session. As of 15 March 2024, 98.2 per cent of non-Indigenous casual and recruitment agency contract staff had undertaken cultural awareness training. Staff who identified as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander were exempted from undertaking this training. 6.	ECSA public sector staff attended a three-hour face-to face-workshop. ECSA casual staff undertook a two-hour online cultural awareness training.