PUBLIC SECTOR COMMISSION
— INTEGRITY REVIEW
912. Hon Dr BRIAN WALKER to the Leader of the House
representing the Premier:
I thank the Premier for the answer
that he provided to my question without notice 647, asked and answered on
Tuesday, 16 August 2022, regarding the Public Sector Commissioner. In the hope
of further clarification, when was the last occasion, if at all, on which the
Premier directed the commissioner in each of the limited circumstances outlined
in that previous reply—that is, ''undertaking reviews, inquiries
and machinery-of-government changes''?
Hon SUE
ELLERY replied:
I thank the
honourable member for some notice of the question.
The
last occasion on which the Premier directed the Public Sector Commissioner in
the circumstances listed in the answer to question without notice 647
was on 19 July 2021, to conduct a review of employment practices in Western Australian
public prisons pursuant to section 24B(2) of the Public Sector Management Act
1994. The Premier has not made a direction to the commissioner under section
24H(2) of the act in relation to the undertaking of inquiries, or under section
35(4) of the act in relation to machinery-of-government changes.