PWSS training

Question

On training for Commonwealth parliamentary workers: 1. How many compulsory training courses are there for parliamentarians? 2. What are these courses? 3. Provide a course outline for each. 4. For each course, specify whether it is delivered online or in-person. 5. Provide details, by financial year, of how many people attended these courses. 6. Provide details of what the penalties or consequences are if a parliamentarian does not attend compulsory training. 7. By financial year, how many of these penalties or consequences have been enforced? 8. How many compulsory training courses are there for non-parliamentarian Commonwealth parliamentary workers? 9. What are these courses? 10. Provide a course outline for each. 11. For each course, specify whether it is delivered online or in-person. 12. Provide details, by financial year, of how many people attended these courses. 13. Provide details of what the penalties or consequences are if a worker does not attend compulsory training. 14. By financial year, how many of these penalties or consequences have been enforced? 15. Provide details of any Workplace, Health and Safety training that PWSS delivers, including the course outline, length of the course, who delivers it (in-house or by an external party - and if so, who), whether it is online or in person, and who receives it (eg: parliamentarians, MOP(S) Act employees, media representatives, PWSS staff, public servants, or others). 16. Please confirm the details of elements of the training that cover psychosocial hazards. 17. Please provide details of how many individuals this training has been delivered to by the PWSS, by financial year, up to 1 June 2026.

Answer

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