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The State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) is established by section 6 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 (the Act) to provide leadership and maintain oversight of emergency management planning in the state. SEMC supports the Premier as Minister for the Act, and leads initiatives requested by the Emergency Management Council (EMC) Cabinet Committee.

Under the Act, SEMC is responsible for leading and overseeing state emergency management planning, monitoring and evaluation, assuring the South Australian Government’s capacity to deliver plans, identifying and addressing risk, and coordinating emergency management policies and strategies (including strategies and policies developed at a national level and agreed to by the State).

During 2018-19, SEMC met seven times and delivered a range of projects and initiatives aligned to its legislative responsibilities and strategic intent. Specifically, the committee spent time considering the changing risk environment to inform its strategic direction and priorities.

Other outcomes included:

• delivering activities in the SEMC Strategic Plan 2017-2022 designed to enhance assurance and lessons management programs, improve the understanding of risk, build workforce capability, introduce a focus on managing consequences and support broader community and business disaster resilience
• improving South Australia’s strategic approach to recovering from a catastrophic event (with complex and long-term consequences) and agreeing a work plan to strengthen arrangements
• establishing the South Australian Countering Violent Extremism Sub-Committee to improve governance, planning and community engagement to reduce the risk of extreme violence
• publishing the final report of the South Australian Government’s response to the Independent Review of the Extreme Weather Event 2016 (Burns Review).

Eight new and eight on-going State Strategic Projects were approved and supported by SEMC to enhance and strengthen plans and capabilities in areas such as small business resilience, disaster resilience in at-risk communities, hazard risk mapping, consequence management and relief and recovery funding reform.

The committee also provided advice to five EMC meetings, noting there were no disaster events requiring extraordinary meetings.

The Capital City Committee (CCC) is an intergovernmental body established under the City of Adelaide Act 1998 (the Act) which sets out its membership and functions. The primary function of the CCC is to enhance and promote the development of the city of Adelaide as the capital city of the State.

Under section 7 of the Act, the CCC membership is constituted as follows:

• the Premier, or a Minister nominated by the Premier, who is the chair of the CCC

• two other Ministers nominated by the Premier

• the Lord Mayor or, if the Lord Mayor chooses not to be a member of the CCC, another member of the City of Adelaide (CoA) nominated by the council

• two other members of the CoA nominated by the council.

The functions of the CCC are set out in section 10 of the Act and include to:

• identify and promote key strategic requirements for the economic, social, physical and environmental development and growth of the city of Adelaide

• promote and assist in maximising opportunities for the effective coordination of public and private resources to meet the key strategic requirements identified by the CCC and recommend priorities for joint action by the State Government and the CoA

• monitor the implementation of programs to promote the development of the city of Adelaide

• make provision for the publication of key strategies, goals and commitments relevant to the development and growth of the city of Adelaide

• collect, analyse and distribute information about the economic, social, physical and environmental development of the city of Adelaide.

As per legislated requirements, the CCC met four times in 2018-19. The 2017-18 Annual Report was tabled (concurrently with the 2016-17 Annual Report) on  14 February 2018.

The Office for Data Analytics (ODA) is a unit within DPC and was established by section 6 of the Public Sector (Data Sharing) Act 2016 on 30 May 2017 to:

• undertake data analytics work in collaboration with agencies (mostly multi-agency)
• facilitate data sharing between other agencies
• inform agencies about their service delivery, operations and performance
• upskill government in evidence-based decision-making using data and analytics.

Operations and activities from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019 are summarised on the DPC website.

(2) (a) in relation to the provision of public sector data pursuant to a direction of ODA under section 6(4), a list of such directions including, in respect of each direction–

1. the identity of the data provider and data recipient; and
2. the nature of the data; and
3. whether the public sector data contained personal information and whether the data was, at the time of the direction, exempt public sector data.

There were no instances of ODA, under section 6(4), directing a public sector agency to provide public sector data to ODA during the period 1 July 2018 to  30 June 2019.

(2) (b) a summary of the results of data analytics work undertaken by ODA and made available to public sector agencies, the private sector and the general public is provided below.

During 2018-19, ODA:

• analysed Department of Child Protection (DCP) data to identify trends and patterns of the location of incidents of child protection notification
• collaborated with DCP on the design and data composition of an interactive dashboard
• created an operational dashboard for DCP’s Call Centre Multi-Agency Assessment Unit for internal reporting purposes
• produced and delivered a Data Quality report to DCP detailing the data quality, data management practices and operational impact that included recommendations and suggestions to improve current data processing and data/information management practices
• continued the Vulnerable Children’s Project
• integrated data to identify key trends in South Australian business and labour markets and provide analysis for use in policy development (results were shared with Return to Work SA and DPC)
• conducted optical character recognition and sentiment analysis to save time transcribing handwriting (results were shared with the Commission for Children and Young People)
• continued work on the Energy4Life application program that provides information on power-dependent individuals in the event of a significant blackout (results were shared between Red Cross and SA Health)
• developed an economic complexity model for DPC’s Cabinet Office
• produced a Trade Database dashboard, which was made accessible to multiple agencies
• assisted the Department for Health and Wellbeing to identify test use cases for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) National Data Asset
• developed a predictive model to identify future locations of sporting facilities in collaboration with the Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing and UniSA Data Science
• provided a dashboard for the Home Battery Scheme
• carried out quality analysis on the Department for Correctional Services
• prepared and delivered two analytic reports on child protection notification trends to DCP’s Southern Regional Office and its regional offices
• provided input into the Department of Planning, Transport and Infrastructure’s cabinet submission on the privacy/legal implications of automated vehicles
• provided mapping support via Social Risk Factors Atlas, delivered to Department of Human Services.

(2) (c) in relation to the provision of public sector data containing personal information under 8(1), a list of all instances of such provision including the identification of the data provider and data recipient, the general nature of the data and the purpose for which the data was shared;

Data can be located via the DPC website.

(2) (d) a list of all directions made by the Minister under section 9(1), including, in respect of each direction-

1. the identification of the data provider and data recipient and the general nature of the public sector data; and
2. the purpose for which the public sector data was to be provided; and
3. whether the direction related to public sector data containing personal information and whether the data was at the time of the direction, exempt public sector data.

There were no instances of the Minister, under section 9(1) directing a public sector agency to provide public sector data to another public sector agency during the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

(2) (e) a list of all agreements entered into pursuant to section 13(1) including, in respect of each agreement-

1. the identification of the parties to the agreement and the general nature of the data being shared
2. whether the agreement related to the sharing of public sector data containing personal information and whether the public sector data was, at the time of sharing, exempt public sector data.

There were no instances of the Minister, under section 13(1) directing entering into an agreement with a relevant non-government entity during the period 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

The South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission (SAMEAC) is a statutory body that reports to the Premier, the Hon Steven Marshall MP, and the Assistant Minister to the Premier, the Hon Jing Lee MLC.

The SAMEAC was established under the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission Act 1980, and its primary functions are to:

• increase awareness and understanding of the ethnic diversity of the South Australian community and the implications of that diversity
• advise the government and public authorities on, and assist them in, all matters relating to multiculturalism and ethnic affairs.

Multicultural Affairs provides executive support to the SAMEAC which currently has 12 board members.

As a statutory authority, the SAMEAC produces an Annual Report which can be accessed via the DPC website.

Reporting required under the Carers Recognition Act 2005

Nil to report.

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