The Department of the Premier and Cabinet has reporting requirements under the following acts.

Requirement

Part 2 – State Emergency Management Committee

Section 13 – Annual Report by SEMC

  1. SEMC must, on or before 30 September in each year, present a report to the Minister on the operations of SEMC during the preceding financial year.
  2. The Minister must, within 12 sitting days after receipt of a report under this section, cause copies of the report to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.

The State Emergency Management Committee (SEMC) is established by Section 6 of the Emergency Management Act 2004 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 Cabinet Committee (EMCC). Under the Act, SEMC is responsible for leading and overseeing state emergency management planning and coordinating emergency management policies and strategies.

During 2022-23 SEMC met four times to address matters raised and meet its legislative obligations by driving continuous improvement across the emergency management sector.

It delivered and progressed a range of projects and initiatives aligned to its legislative responsibilities and strategic intent.

Major activities included:

  • Initiating development of a new State Emergency Management Committee Strategic Plan that ensures emergency management in South Australia is collaborative, inclusive, flexible, and forward thinking, is equipped to meet the challenges of a changing emergency and disaster landscape, particularly relating to climate change, and which leads to more resilient communities.
  • Finalising a major review of the State Emergency Management Plan.
  • Commencing a full review of the Emergency Management Act 2004.
  • Initiating a comprehensive program to identify and manage State strategic emergency related risks in South Australia through development of a State Strategic Risk profile.
  • Initiating a range of strategic projects to strengthen the capability and capacity of the emergency management sector and the public service in support of emergency management in South Australia, including:
    1. Reviewing the Public Sector Mobilisation Policy
    2. Reviewing the Functional Support Groups
    3. Piloting an Emergency Management Graduate program
    4. Increasing incident management training across the emergency management sector and emergency management awareness across the public sector
    5. Investigating the feasibility of a common operating platform for use across the emergency management sector
    6. Establishing a robust assurance program incorporating capability reviews and lessons management.
  • Formalising cyber risk as a hazard within state emergency management arrangements and overseeing development of a cyber hazard risk reduction plan to reduce this risk.
  • Progressing development of a South Australian Security Strategy.
  • Developing a South Australian Critical Infrastructure Resilience Strategy.
  • Continuing to monitor the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and concurrent health and biosecurity threats in South Australia, including Monkeypox and Japanese Encephalitis Virus, and Foot and Mouth Disease and Lumpy Skin Disease.
  • Engaging strategically in the oversight and management of the 2022-23 Murray River Flood event.
  • Overseeing lessons learned processes arising from emergencies to ensure that South Australia is better prepared for future disasters, with a particular focus on supply.

Requirement

Section 21 – Annual Report

The annual report of the administrative unit responsible, under the Minister, for the administration of this Act must include a report on the investigations carried out under this Act for the relevant financial year.

Competition Commissioner – Competitive Neutrality Complaints 2022-23

The following information is provided in accordance with the requirements of section 21 of the Government Business Enterprises (Competition) Act 1996 (Act) for the Chief Executive of DPC, to report annually on investigations carried out under this Act.

No complaints were received by the Competitive Neutrality Secretariat during  
2022-23. There are currently no ongoing investigations by a Competition Commissioner.

Summaries of complaints previously referred to a Competition Commissioner and additional information is available via the Competitive Neutrality section of the DPC website.

View summaries of complaints referred to a Competition Commissioner and additional information.

Requirement

Division 4 – Reporting and review

Section 16 – Reporting

  1. The Capital City Committee must ensure that a report is prepared by 31 October in each year on the operation of the collaborative arrangements established under or pursuant to this Act during the financial year ending on the preceding 30 June.
  2. The Premier must ensure that copies of a report prepared under subsection (1) are laid before both Houses of Parliament within 12 sitting days after the report is completed.
  3. The Lord Mayor must ensure that copies of a report prepared under subsection (1) are presented to the Adelaide City Council within four weeks after the report is completed.

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 (CoA) 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 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:

  • identify and promote key strategic requirements for the economic, social, physical and environmental development and growth of the CoA.
  • 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 CoA.
  • make provision for the publication of key strategies, goals and commitments relevant to the development and growth of the CoA.
  • collect, analyse and distribute information about the economic, social, physical and environmental development of the CoA.

The CCC met 3 times in 2022-23. The 2021-22 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on 30 May 2023, and was presented to Council at the meeting of 27 June 2023.

Requirement

Division 4 – Reporting and review

Section 16 – Reporting

Section 17 – Annual Report

  1. The Minister must, as soon as practicable after each 30 June, cause a report to be prepared about the operation of this Act during the year ended on that 30 June.
  2. Without limiting subsection (1), a report relating to a year must include the following matters:
    1. in relation to the provision of public sector data pursuant to a direction of the Office for Data Analytics (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;
    2. 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;
    3. in relation to the provision of public sector data containing personal information under section 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;
    4. 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;
    5. 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; and
      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.
  3. The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receipt of a report under this section, cause copies of the report to be laid before each House of the Parliament.

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 data sharing projects).
  • 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 2022 to 30 June 2023 are summarised on the Office for Data Analytics section of 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 –

(i) the identity of the data provider and data recipient; and

(ii) the nature of the data; and

(iii) 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 2022 to 30 June 2023.

(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.

  • Supported, via data provision and analysis, the South Australian government’s response to the:
    • River Murray flood event
    • Hyde Review into Child Protection
  • Continued to provide ongoing data platform and system services through:
    • Situational Awareness for Emergencies (SAFE) – a centralised data platform that integrates near-real time data from government and non-government sources and a scalable, secure, near-real time web application to provide a common operating picture to the State Emergency Centre.
    • Vulnerable Families Information Management System (VFIMS) – ODA maintains the Key Integrated Data System (KIDS) Dashboard that integrates data from multiple agencies to provide a comprehensive view of children and families in South Australia at both a policy (aggregated) and family level (individual).
    • South Australian Business Research Environment (SABRE) – links economic-related data from multiple agencies along with data from various programs and grants. SABRE is a key component of the BLADE project.
    • Business Longitudinal Analytical Data Environment (BLADE) – an economic data tool combining tax, trade, and intellectual property data with information from the ABS to provide a better understanding of the Australian economy and businesses performance over time.
    • Emergency Management Data Program (EMDP) – aims to improve data access, availability, and management in the Emergency Management sector over time.
    • National Disability Data Asset (NDDA) – ODA is a working group member of NDDA, that looks to improve the understanding of the needs, services received and outcomes of people with a disability, through the integration of Commonwealth and State data.
    • Closing the Gap – supporting Priority Reform 4 in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, providing better access to data for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and service providers.

(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 Office for Data Analytics section of the DPC website.

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

(i) the identification of the data provider and data recipient and the general nature of the public sector data; and

(ii) the purpose for which the public sector data was to be provided; and

(iii) 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 2022 to 30 June 2023.

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

(i) the identification of the parties to the agreement and the general nature of the data being shared

(ii) 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.

  • The Sports Vouchers Program Data Sharing Agreement
    • Department for Education
    • Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing
    • University of South Australia
  • Flood Hazard Mapping and Assessment Project
    • Attorney General’s Department (AGD)
    • Tonkin Consulting
  • SA Power Networks Restoration Activities
    • Revenue SA
    • Attorney General’s Department (AGD)
    • SA State Emergency Service
    • Office for Data Analytics, Department of the Premier and Cabinet
  • POC Simulation Model for Health System
    • Commission on Excellence and Innovation and Health (CEIH)
    • South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI).

Not applicable.