QUESTIONS ON NOTICE › Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, School Education, Early Childhood and Youth, Employment Participation and Childcare, and Indigenous Employment and Economic Development: Code of Conduct Investigations (Question Nos 1045, 1057, 1070 and 1073)
Senator Chris Evans: 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:- Case 1 13 (1), (3), (8), (11) Case 2 13 (3) Case 3 13 (1), (2), (7), (10), (11) Case 4 13 (1), (4), (9), (11) Case 5 13 (1), (2), (4), (10), (11) Case 6 13 (3), (4), (11) Case 7 13 (1), (2), (3), (7), (10), (11) Case 8 13 (5), (8) Case 9 13 (1), (3), (11) Case 10 13 (1), (2), (8), (11) Case 11 13 (1), (3), (11) Case 12 13 (1), (10), (11) Case 13 13 (1), (5), (11) (4) The following sanctions were applied where the investigation established that the Code of Conduct was breached:- Case 1 No breach Case 2 Reprimand, fine Case 3 No breach Case 4 No breach Case 5 No breach Case 6 Termination Case 7 Reprimand Case 8 Reprimand, fine Case 9 No breach Case 10 Reprimand, fine Case 11 No breach Case 12 Ongoing Case 13 Ongoing (5) Two Code of Conduct investigations are ongoing.