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

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 four times in 2024-25.

The 2023-24 Annual Report was presented to Council at its meeting of 28 January 2025 and was tabled in Parliament on 19 February 2025.

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 2024-25, 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:

  • completing the governance review of SEMC and its subcommittee structures and functions
  • continuing to deliver the actions of the SEMC Strategic Plan 2023-2026
  • approving the allocation of actions to lead agencies from the COVID-19 Lessons Management Reference Group Recommendations Report
  • approving the State Strategic Risk profile and subsequent governance plan
  • maintaining oversight of the Emergency Management Assurance Attestation as a component of the updated Emergency Management Assurance Framework, including noting of the inaugural Attestation sector report
  • approving the establishment of the Public Sector Mobilisation Functional Support Group
  • overseeing implementation of the review and subsequent amendments to the Emergency Management Act
  • overseeing the establishment of the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangement (DRFA) project management group within the Security, Emergency and Recovery Management team within DPC
  • progressing several initiatives from the Emergency Management Uplift Project, including:
  • the review of Functional Support Groups
  • establishment of the Lessons identified portal database
  • establishing a robust assurance program
  • initiating the review of the State Emergency Management Plan.

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 2024-25

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.

One enquiry and one complaint were received by the Competitive Neutrality Secretariat during 2024-25. The secretariat has provided advice to the enquiry and is currently investigating the complaint.

Currently there are 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.

Not applicable.