Senate Economics Legislation Committee [Part 2], , 1:09:33 to 1:12:48
Senator Payman highlights a significant number of departures among ANSTO's key management personnel and senior officials over recent months.
Topics: Workplace culture, Public service staffing
Speakers: Senator Fatima Payman, Shaun Jenkinson, Speaker 1
>> Okay. Perhaps you can take it on not if there is anything there. Um, in the ANSO annual report 202425 page 100, there are 18 key management personnel listed. Of those 18 people listed, how many are still employed with Ansto?
>> I will need to take that question on
is it correct that your uh, chief operating officer, group executive nuclear operations and nuclear medicine, group executive infrastructure and engineering services, acting group executive infrastructure and engineering services, chief risk and assurance officer, chief nuclear officer, and chief engineer have all resigned or otherwise concluded their employment since this report came out.
I think I followed your question, but if you could provide me that list on notice, I could answer it better. But I think that's correct.
>> Yep. We can definitely provide you that on notice. And I think the same would apply for the next question. Um I also understand that the senior manager integrated business planning general manager regulatory and governance director corporate affairs acting general manager regulatory and governance chief financial officer and company secretary have all departed in the last few months. Do we know what's the cause of this mass exodus of senior officials?
>> Um I think that's correct in terms of the people leaving. um your categorization of mass exodus is um not necessarily one I would agree with. Uh but we do know for each individual sort of reasons for them leaving uh whether it be going to a new alternate role. Um so we have we always follow up people as to the reasons for departure.
>> There's a lot of IP that's leaving the organization. So um yeah [clears throat] just just curious but thank you Mr. Jenkinson for your time. Thank you chair.
>> Thank you so much. Uh that concludes our questions with an STO. Thank you for joining us this evening. Um we will take a very short suspension uh while we invite our next witnesses to join us, All right. Um, the committee welcomes