List of Recommendations
Recommendation
1
2.45 The
committee recommends that prior to each estimates hearing, DPS provide an
update on the senior management structure of the department, including an
organisational chart indicating changes to the personnel in senior executive
staff positions.
Recommendation
2
3.32 The
committee recommends that DPS dedicate the necessary resources to have the
final Conservation Management Plan and the Design Principles completed by
30 October 2015 and take the necessary steps to have the Central Reference
Document completed by 30 September 2017.
Recommendation
3
3.33 The
committee recommends that prior to each estimates hearing, DPS provide the
committee with an update of the status of the Conservation Management Plan, the
Design Principles and the Central Reference Document. These updates should
continue to be provided until such time as all three documents are complete.
Recommendation
4
3.63 The
committee recommends that DPS perform a stocktake of all assets in all areas of
Parliament House once every three years.
Recommendation
5
3.83 The
committee recommends that the Australian National Audit Office undertake a
follow-up audit of DPS' contract management in 2016.
Recommendation
6
3.84 The
committee recommends that DPS conduct an internal audit of contracts put in
place in 2015 and provide a copy of the audit report to the committee by 1
February 2016.
Recommendation
7
4.26 The
committee recommends that DPS provide the following information on bullying and
harassment complaints to the committee by 1 October 2015:
-
the number of
complaints recorded on the HR register for the 2014-15 financial year;
-
the number of
complaints recorded on the HR register for the 2014-15 financial year which
have been resolved and the nature of that resolution;
-
the number of
complaints recorded on the HR register for the 2014-15 financial year which
have been escalated for investigation and the outcome of that investigation;
-
the current
number of Harassment Contact Officers in DPS (as at 30 September 2015).
Recommendation
8
4.28 In
providing the information on bullying and harassment in Recommendation 7, DPS
should identify the three areas of DPS where the most complaints of bullying
and harassment have been received and whether a
pre-emptive investigation has been conducted in relation to any of those areas.
Recommendation
9
4.30 The
committee recommends that, prior to each estimates hearing, DPS provide the
committee with the following information on the number of bullying and
harassment complaints:
-
the number of
new complaints recorded on the HR register since the previous estimates update
was provided;
-
the status of
each of the new complaints recorded on the HR register since the previous
estimates update was provided;
-
the number of
complaints withdrawn from the HR register and the reasons that the complaints
were withdrawn; and
-
the number of
Harassment Contact Officers in DPS.
Recommendation
10
4.54 The
committee recommends that prior to each estimates hearing, DPS provide the
committee with the following information:
-
the total
number of editors employed by Hansard and a breakdown of those numbers into
trainees and trained editors;
-
the breakdown
of the number of editors who are employed full-time, part-time and casual;
-
the total
number of chamber and committee turns transcribed by Hansard since the previous
estimates update and the number of those turns which were subedited;
-
where there
has been a decision not to subedit turns, the reasons for that decision; and
-
an update on
the work of the Hansard forum.
Recommendation
11
4.70 The
committee recommends that DPS provide the committee with the evaluation of the
trial of the full day shifts by 1 October 2015.
Recommendation
12
5.17 The
committee reiterates its recommendation for the funding and administration of
the Department of Parliamentary Services to be overseen by the Senate
Appropriations, Staffing and Security Committee and the House Appropriations
and Administration Committee meeting jointly for that purpose, and that
standing orders be amended as necessary.
Recommendation
13
5.36 The
committee recommends that DPS provide the committee with the revised and
updated policy on the use of Parliament House facilities for functions and
events once that policy is completed.
Recommendation
14
5.55 The committee
recommends that DPS provide the committee with a list of the recommendations
that it intends to implement from the Sandwalk review and, prior to each
estimates hearing, provide the committee with an update on the implementation
of those recommendations.
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