Resources

The Parliamentary Workplace Support Service (PWSS) is committed to ensuring the safety and wellbeing of children and has a zero-tolerance approach to child exploitation or abuse.

Review of the Parliamentary Workplace: Responding to Serious Incidents

Frequently Asked Questions for the inaugural culture and performance survey for Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces, November 2025 - December 2025.

Media release: Launch of inaugural culture and performance survey for Commonwealth Parliamentary Workplaces 7 November 2025

This factsheet has been designed to provide people who work in Commonwealth parliamentary workplaces information regarding the role of a support person and how it may be used in their employment.

The Safe and Respectful Workplaces training course is run by PWSS Academy. It addresses issues relating to sexual harassment, sexual assault and workplace bullying and is in response to recommendations made by the Review of the Parliamentary Workplace: Responding to Serious Incidents.

The Behaviour Policy template can be completed by Commonwealth Parliamentary offices, to help shape expected behaviours and foster safe and respectful workplaces.

This document is Frequently Asked Questions relating to a Ministerial Reshuffle along with guidance on automatic termaination, potential scenarios if employment is impacted for ongoing and non-ongoing MOPS employees, severance benefits, and factors that influence the length of the deferral period.

The ongoing job description template is designed to support Parliamentarians or authorized persons when advertising new job vacancies. Position overview, key duties, employment conditions will need to be customized for the role.

This suspension risk assessment template is to be completed by any decision maker (employing parliamentarian) Before a decision is made to suspend an MOPS employee from duties.