Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
2021-05-04 Daily Xml

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Public Sector

In reply to the Hon. T.A. FRANKS (18 March 2021).

The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer): I have been advised:

The Commissioner for Public Sector Employment is not consolidating a process to investigate public sector leaks.

Rather, the commissioner advised the Budget and Finance Committee that her office is establishing a panel of external investigators who are suitably qualified to undertake investigations of any nature at an agency's request.

The procurement of the panel is currently underway, and is expected to be in place in the second half of this year.

The circumstances of any investigation in which an agency chooses to engage an external investigation will be determined by that agency's chief executive or delegate.