Parliamentary Workplace Standards and Integrity Act 2024
83Annual report
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83 Annual report
(1) The Commission must include the following information in its report of operations for a financial year under Part 7 of the Financial Management Act 1994—
(a) the number of referrals received in the financial year;
(b) the number of public interest complaints received from the IBAC and the number treated as referrals in the financial year;
(c) the number of referrals withdrawn in the financial year;
(d) the number of referrals dismissed in the financial year;
(e) the number of referrals resolved by appropriate dispute resolution in the financial year;
(f) the number of referrals redirected to an appropriate entity in the financial year and the names of those entities;
(g) the number of referrals investigated in the financial year;
(h) the number of public interest complaints investigated in the financial year;
(i) the number of allegations of parliamentary misconduct substantiated in the financial year;
(j) the number of allegations of parliamentary misconduct not substantiated in the financial year;
(k) the number of allegations of improper conduct in public interest complaints that were substantiated in the financial year;
(l) the number of allegations of improper conduct in public interest complaints that were not substantiated in the financial year;
(m) the number of allegations of detrimental action in public interest complaints that were substantiated in the financial year;
(n) the number of allegations of detrimental action in public interest complaints that were not substantiated in the financial year;
(o) the number of outcome reports, investigative reports and non-compliance reports provided to the Premier in the financial year;
(p) the number of outcome reports, investigative reports and non-compliance reports provided to each respective Privileges Committee in the financial year;
(q) the number of confidentiality notices issued in the financial year;
(r) an analysis of the nature, scope and trends of parliamentary misconduct;
(s) any other prescribed information.
(2) The Commission must not include in a report of operations—
(a) any information that discloses the identity of an individual, unless—
(i) the individual gives written consent to the disclosure; or
(ii) the Commission considers that disclosure is in the public interest; or
(b) any information that may prejudice an investigation or the Commission otherwise dealing with a referral, unless the Commission considers that disclosure is in the public interest; or