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 2021-22 SEMC met four times to address matters related to driving continuous improvement across emergency management, in particular, assurance of emergency management plans, training and competency. It delivered a range of projects and initiatives aligned to its legislative responsibilities and strategic intent.

Major activities included:

• continuing to monitor the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and impacts of concurrent biosecurity responses, including Fruit Fly outbreak, in South Australia
• authorising a Flood Lessons Management Reference Group to review the state response to and recovery from the January/February severe weather and flooding event
• endorsing an emergency management data strategy to provide a framework for addressing issues with data sharing, systems and investment prioritisation
• considering the implications of climate change for emergency management and strategic climate risk mitigation
• progressing the review of the State Emergency Management Plan
• reviewing the Emergency Management Assurance Framework and authorising a new EM Assurance Sub-committee (EMAS)
• authorising a new Cyber Crisis hazard under the State Emergency Management Plan.

Competition Commissioner – Competitive Neutrality Complaints 2021-22

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.

Two complaints relating to the same matter received by the Competitive Neutrality Secretariat during 2020–2021 were resolved. Investigation by the Secretariat was undertaken, finding the principles of competitive neutrality policy have not been breached, with the matter not requiring referring to a Competition Commissioner. Discussion between one of the complainants and the Small Business Commissioner was undertaken subsequent to the investigation.

One complaint has been received in relation a competitive neutrality complaint to a local government entity which investigated the matter and found the complaint did not require further investigation under the Act. The Secretariat has been asked by the complainant to review these findings. This matter is continuing.

Currently there are no ongoing investigations by a Competition Commissioner.

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

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 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.

The CCC met three times in 2021-22. The 2020-21 Annual Report was tabled in Parliament on Tuesday 17 May 2022 and was noted by the Council on Tuesday 14 June 2022. The 2021-22 Annual Report will be prepared by 31 October 2022.

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 2021 to 30 June 2022 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:

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 2021 to 30 June 2022.

(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 the South Australian government’s COVID-19 response including:
  • supporting contact tracing operations
  • publishing data publicly on active case locations
  • analysing social, economic and non-COVID-19 health factors relating to the pandemic
  • providing analysis on state mobility
  • analysing and supporting COVID SAfe plan regeneration
  • publishing QR check-in statistics daily to the public
  • assist with COVID-19 vaccination reporting and undertake vaccine hesitancy analysis.
• The ODA facilitated an independent review into the operation of the Public Sector (Data Sharing) Act 2016 and the Public Sector (Data Sharing) Regulations 2017 which was finalised by Judge Paul Rice QC in December 2021. The recommendations include implementing the draft data strategy in full and with appropriate resourcing due to the identified issues in information sharing and data maturity identified in the review. Much of this work is consistent with the Commonwealth data strategy and recent commencement of the Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 (Cwth).
• The Child Protection Systems Royal Commission recommended increased government investment in data management and sharing to enable better decision making and protect vulnerable children. The Vulnerable Children’s Project (VCP) ran over several years and enabled ODA to create a secure data integration facility to deliver an identifiable, real-time integrated picture of vulnerable children and families. The VCP has now evolved into the state Social Data Asset and from a subset of this, the Vulnerable Family Information Management System, ODA delivered the first of several products to the Department of Human Services.
• ODA provided the State Emergency Centre with a Common Operating Picture (CoP) providing improved situational awareness during emergencies. As requested by SAFECOM and other Emergency Services agencies, ODA continues to further develop and expand the platform with the capability to provide real-time situational awareness across all types of emergencies.
• The following analytic projects have been undertaken and/or are underway having been prioritised by Cabinet and other Committees:
  • ODA delivered the At Risk Male Early Intervention Project (ARMEIP) - to support efforts to reduce domestic abuse, child abuse and neglect, and suicide by focusing on men experiencing divorce and separation; generational post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD); and military service-induced PTSD.
  • the Offender Prisoner Disability Early Identification Project (OPDEIP) - examines the potential to link data from a range of sources to better inform disability identification among offenders and prisoners.
  • Economic, Business, Trade Data – ODA has delivered a significant dataset on the economic, business and trade activity of the state through the preparation, collection, and delivery of Business Longitudinal Analytic Data Environment (BLADE) and South Australian Business Research Environment (SABRE) data sets for state leadership, policy staff, and economists.
  • National Disability Data Asset – ODA coordinated with the Commonwealth and DHS to provide South Australian data and analyse with university partners the impact of disability on employment.
  • Ruby’s Program – The primary focus behind the analysis of Uniting Communities Ruby's Program was to measure the extent to which young people who have completed Uniting Communities (UC) Ruby’s Reunification Program later have re-entered Homelessness, Youth Justice and/or Out of Home Care Services. The program at Uniting Communities provides both accommodation and counselling services, called Ruby’s Family Reunification Program or simply Ruby’s.
• State Data Strategy and Policy – ODA is in the final stages of developing a Data Strategy for South Australia 2022-2025 and together with established Data Asset Committees (Social/Economic/Environment and Emergency) will work to expedite and elevate data sharing and its benefits to government.
  • ODA represents the State government’s participation in the Commonwealth’s Data and Digital Ministers Meetings, Information Sharing Guidelines and Open Data programs.
  • The Data Availability and Transparency Act 2022 came into effect on 1 April 2022. ODA will support the State’s implementation of the Act. The legislation establishes a new, best practice, scheme for sharing Australian Government data, underpinned by strong safeguards and simplified, efficient processes.
  • ODA developed The Emergency Management Data Strategy which in line with the State Data Strategy and will uplift South Australia’s capability to inform an integrated emergency response.
  • ODA provides support to projects identified as part of the work program under the Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) on Data Sharing.
• Support whole of government performance reporting.

(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:

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 2021 to 30 June 2022.

(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.

The following agreements were entered into by the Minister under section 13(1) (an agreement with a relevant non-government entity) during the period 1 July 2021 to 30 June 2022.

• At Risk Males Early Intervention Project (ARMEIP) Data Sharing Agreement
  • Department of the Premier and Cabinet
  • Department for Child Protection
  • Department for Education
  • Department of Human Services (Youth Justice)
  • Attorney General’s Department/Commissioner for Consumer Affairs/Births, Deaths and Marriages
  • SA Housing Authority
  • Department for Health
  • Department for Correctional Services
  • Department of Infrastructure and Transport
  • South Australia Police
  • Wellbeing SA (Health)
  • Office of the Chief Psychiatrist
  • Relationships Australia South Australia (RASA)
• The Smith Family Data Sharing Agreement
  • Department for Education
  • The Smith Family

Not applicable