Mr. Drew Harris:

The training will be completed by the end of the year. The signing of the code of ethics is another issue, as the Senator alluded to in his question. It is not just a question of obtaining signatures. I want everyone in the organisation to conceptually and behaviourally sign the code. I will not issue a diktat that everyone must sign it. This is about managers engaging, persuading and making arguments. My colleagues and I are doing this with the representative associations. There will be meetings shortly about it. Writ large in the report of the Charleton tribunal is the need for the organisation to demonstrate its support for, and adherence to, the code of ethics. It is an important vehicle for us. I constantly emphasise this point, but I do not want people to sign it because they are told to but rather to engage with the concerns they might have. Some of these issues are somewhat misplaced and, through explanation, the concerns can be allayed. People must understand why they are signing it and, through persuasion and explanation, adhere to and live by it.