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

asked the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, 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.

Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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

(1) (a) During the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, there were 22 finalised misconduct investigations. (b) During the period 1 July 2011 to 31 August 2011, there were 3 finalised misconduct investigations.

(2) For the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011:

(a) 15 investigations established a breach of the APS Code of Conduct.

(b) 7 investigations established no breach of the APS Code of Conduct.

For the period 1 July 2011 to 31 August 2011:

(a) 2 investigations established a breach of the APS Code of Conduct.

(b) 1 investigation established no breach of the APS Code of Conduct.

(3) For the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011 the following elements of the Code found to have been breached were:

* An individual employee can be counted against more than one element of the Code of Conduct

# 1 employee was subject to 2 separate investigations.

For the period 1 July 2011 to 31 August 2011, the following elements of the Code found to have been breached were:

* An individual employee can be counted against more than one element of the Code of Conduct

(4) For the period 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011, the following sanctions were imposed:

* An individual employee can incur one or more outcome (sanction)

For the period 1 July 2011 to 31 August 2011, the following sanctions were imposed:

* An individual employee can incur one or more outcome (sanction)

(5) As at 31 August 2011, there were 10 ongoing misconduct investigation.