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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1)
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Consumer and Business Services, Workplace Culture

The Hon. D.G.E. HOOD (15:17): My questions are to the Minister for Industrial Relations. Minister, following the release of the Consumer and Business Services Review Report recently:

1. Is the minister concerned that the report showed some 80 per cent of respondents indicated they will leave the CBS, and is such a high number acceptable to the government?

2. Outside of the Commissioner for Public Sector Employment survey, does the minister have any data to ensure that such high levels of dissatisfaction and intention to leave do not exist across the public sector?

The Hon. K.J. MAHER (Minister for Aboriginal Affairs, Attorney-General, Minister for Industrial Relations and Public Sector, Special Minister of State) (15:17): I thank the honourable member for his question and his interest in this area. I think the other Hon. Mr Hood asked a question that went to the People Matter survey, which is a regular survey that gauges the sentiment and the outlook of public sector employees in South Australia. Certainly, that is a useful tool for the public sector generally but specifically for individual agencies that can then compare how they sit and the reflective views of their employees.

The statistic that the honourable member quoted from the publicly released report of Ms Cox into CBS shows that there are a number, I think, if I am remembering rightly, and I think the honourable member has quoted correctly, 80 per cent who consider leaving. I think we do see higher than usual intentions of workplace mobility in times of very full employment, which we are fortunate that we have had across Australia and, in particular, South Australia for some time, South Australia having recorded, I think, historic levels of being above the national average and in fact having led the nation in low unemployment rates, which does make it a competitive work environment.

In relation to other metrics or statistics or surveys, I do not think we would consider replacing the People Matter survey. It is a comprehensive survey that measures a whole range of areas. Would we consider further surveys? I think the answer is no. It would be replicating what already occurs, but it does provide a useful tool.

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