❓ A WA parliamentary question probes the origins and implications of a potential reduction in Chief Executive Officer positions within the public sector, including consultation and transparency concerns following a Cabinet decision deferral.
AnsweredQoN 341Legislative Assembly
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(b) was this a recommendation of the Public Sector Review Taskforce; (c) if not, where did the recommendation originate from; (d) how many Chief Executive Officers were to lose their positions; (e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(c) if not, where did the recommendation originate from; (d) how many Chief Executive Officers were to lose their positions; (e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(d) how many Chief Executive Officers were to lose their positions; (e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(h) if not why not?
The Machinery of Government Taskforce has yet to finalise its report, however, the Government will reduce the number of Senior Executive Service Officers by 60 in accordance with its election commitments. In addition, in my 3 May Ministerial Statement I advised that the Government would reduce the number of Government Departments and this will ultimately lead to a reduction in the number of Chief Executive Officers.
(c) if not, where did the recommendation originate from; (d) how many Chief Executive Officers were to lose their positions; (e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(d) how many Chief Executive Officers were to lose their positions; (e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(e) have they been consulted; (f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(f) if not, why not; (g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(g) in the interest of openness with the public was a post Cabinet briefing held by the Premier with the media outlining the reasons why Cabinet deferred the agenda item; and (h) if not why not?
(h) if not why not?
The Machinery of Government Taskforce has yet to finalise its report, however, the Government will reduce the number of Senior Executive Service Officers by 60 in accordance with its election commitments. In addition, in my 3 May Ministerial Statement I advised that the Government would reduce the number of Government Departments and this will ultimately lead to a reduction in the number of Chief Executive Officers.
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Answered
12 June 2001
Responded by
Minister for Public Sector Management
Response time
12 days
(a) – (h)
The Machinery of Government Taskforce has yet to finalise its report, however, the Government will reduce the number of Senior Executive Service Officers by 60 in accordance with its election commitments. In addition, in my 3 May Ministerial Statement I advised that the Government would reduce the number of Government Departments and this will ultimately lead to a reduction in the number of Chief Executive Officers.
The Machinery of Government Taskforce has yet to finalise its report, however, the Government will reduce the number of Senior Executive Service Officers by 60 in accordance with its election commitments. In addition, in my 3 May Ministerial Statement I advised that the Government would reduce the number of Government Departments and this will ultimately lead to a reduction in the number of Chief Executive Officers.
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