Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, Minister representing the Minister for School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Minister representing the Minister for Employment Participation and Childcare and Minister representing the Minister for Indigenous Employment and Economic Development, upon notice, on 29 August 2011:

(1) How many Code of Conduct investigations have there been within the Minister's portfolio for the financial years: (a) 2010-11; and (b) 2011-to date.

(2) How many investigations established: (a) a breach; or (b) no breach, of the Code of Conduct.

(3) In each case, what provisions of the Code of Conduct were thought to have been breached.

(4) What penalties were applied where the Code of Conduct was broken.

(5) How many investigations are ongoing.

Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable senator's question is as follows:

(1) (a) A total of 11 Code of Conduct investigations were conducted in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations during the 2010-2011 financial year. (b) A total of two Code of Conduct investigations have been conducted in the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations in the current financial year .

(2) (a) Five of the 11 investigations in 2010-2011 established a breach of the Code of Conduct. (b) Six of the 11 investigations in 2010-2011 established no breach of the Code of Conduct.

(3) The following provisions of the Code of Conduct were thought to have been breached for each case:-

(4) The following sanctions were applied where the investigation established that the Code of Conduct was breached:-

(5) Two Code of Conduct investigations are ongoing.