PP 275 ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 4th Report of the 54th Parliament PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION _________________________________________________________________ Tabled in the House of Assembly and ordered to be published on 14 October 2020 _________________________________________________________________ Second Session, Fifty–Fourth Parliament 2 __________________________________________________________________________________ Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation PRESIDING MEMBER’S FOREWORD This report provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (‘the Committee’) between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.

PP 275 ANNUAL REPORT 2019–2020 4th Report of the 54th Parliament PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION _________________________________________________________________ Tabled in the House of Assembly and ordered to be published on 14 October 2020 _________________________________________________________________ Second Session, Fifty–Fourth Parliament 2 __________________________________________________________________________________ Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation PRESIDING MEMBER’S FOREWORD This report provides an overview of the activities undertaken by the Parliamentary Committee on Occupational Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (‘the Committee’) between 1 July 2019 and 30 June 2020.

Fourteen reports were drafted and tabled in the reporting period; these were the Annual Report for 2010/11, seven reports into Natural Resources Management levy proposals for 2012/13, the final report from the Bushfire Inquiry, the report on the Committee's Inquiry into the Draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan, the Annual Report on the Upper South East Dryland Salinity and Flood Management Act for 2010/11, two reports on fact finding visits (Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges NRM Board, and the Adelaide Desalination Plant), and a report on Little Penguins.

Over the course of its four inquiries into timeliness of annual reporting by statutory bodies, the Committee has encountered difficulties in identifying all statutory bodies for which annual reports are required to be tabled in Parliament.

....................................................................3 1.5 MINISTERIAL RESPONSES TO COMMITTEE REPORTS..........................................................3 1.6 HEARINGS....................................................................................................................................3 2 ACTIVITIES OF THE COMMITTEE: JULY 2009 - JUNE 2010 ....................................................4 3 REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE TABLED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD................................4 3.1 SEVENTIETH REPORT: ANNUAL REPORT 2008-2009 .............................................................4 3.2 SEVENTIETH (A) REPORT: CONSUMER PROTECTION FOR FARMERS ................................4 3.3 SEVENTY-FIRST REPORT:.RENEWABLE ENERGY INTERIM REPORT..................................4 3.4 SEVENTY-SECOND REPORT: EMERGENCY SERVICES LEVY 2010-2011.............................5 4 MINISTERIAL RESPONSES...................................................................

Environment, Resources and Development Committee iii COMMITTEE FOREWORD The Committee tabled two reports during this reporting period; its annual report for 2011-12 and the report titled Waste to Resources.

See also, Aboriginal Lands Trust Annual Report 2004/2005, page 6 (D292). 3 Aboriginal Lands Trust Annual Report 2004/2005, page 6 (D292). 4 For a summary of the evidence taken on 1 June 2005 see Annual Report of the Aboriginal Lands Parliamentary Standing Committee 2004/2005, pages 7-8.

Over the course of its four inquiries into timeliness of annual reporting by statutory bodies, the Committee has encountered difficulties in identifying all statutory bodies for which annual reports are required to be tabled in Parliament.

The Attorney-General stated the purpose of the Committee would be to, ‘make the operations of statutory authorities more open to detailed scrutiny to determine the desirability of their continuation and the propriety of their activities and actions’1 Reports of the Committee Since the Committee was formed in 1994, it has published 48 reports, covering the operations of particular authorities and examining issues of significance to all statutory bodies.

The new, nineteenth Public Works Committee continued the oversight role through referrals and quarterly reports and has undertaken site visits of the State Drill Core Reference Library and Tonsley Redevelopment site. .