❓ The Premier updates the house on machinery of government changes effective 1 July 2013, including department amalgamations, name redesignations, and the creation of new departments and offices. Further changes are planned for later in the year.
AnsweredQoN 353Legislative Assembly
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GOVERNMENT
— STRUCTURAL REFORMS
353. Mr C.D. HATTON to the
Premier:
As this is the last sitting day of the autumn session, can
the Premier please update the house on the machinery of government changes
expected to come in effect on 1 July 2013?
— STRUCTURAL REFORMS
353. Mr C.D. HATTON to the
Premier:
As this is the last sitting day of the autumn session, can
the Premier please update the house on the machinery of government changes
expected to come in effect on 1 July 2013?
AnswerView source ↗
I thank the member for Balcatta. In
April this year the government announced a number of changes to the structure
of government, most of which will be in place on 1 July, which is next Monday.
I inform the house that already a name redesignation has been put in place for
the now Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Department for Child
Protection and Family Support. The amalgamation of two previous departments
into the Department of Local Government and Communities will commence on 1 July.
The newly created Department of Parks and Wildlife will give a focus on our
national park and conservation estate and a new Department of Environment
Regulation will come into play. A standalone Department for Lands will be
re-established as of Monday. People will move from the Department of Commerce,
and an Office of Science will be created and attached to the Department of the
Premier and Cabinet. Increased autonomy will be given to the Art Gallery of
Western Australia, the WA Museum, the Perth Theatre Trust and the State Library
of Western Australia.
Work continues on two other changes
that I anticipate will be in place by the end of year. They will bring together
the Drug and Alcohol Office with the Mental Health Commission and, most likely,
water and environment regulation into a department called the Department of
Environment and Water Management. Final changes are that the regulatory
gatekeeping unit and the regulatory reform branch functions of Treasury have
been moved across to the Department of Finance.
I thank the Public Sector
Commission, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the respective
agencies that have put these changes in place very quickly in a seamless and
smooth manner.
April this year the government announced a number of changes to the structure
of government, most of which will be in place on 1 July, which is next Monday.
I inform the house that already a name redesignation has been put in place for
the now Department of Aboriginal Affairs and the Department for Child
Protection and Family Support. The amalgamation of two previous departments
into the Department of Local Government and Communities will commence on 1 July.
The newly created Department of Parks and Wildlife will give a focus on our
national park and conservation estate and a new Department of Environment
Regulation will come into play. A standalone Department for Lands will be
re-established as of Monday. People will move from the Department of Commerce,
and an Office of Science will be created and attached to the Department of the
Premier and Cabinet. Increased autonomy will be given to the Art Gallery of
Western Australia, the WA Museum, the Perth Theatre Trust and the State Library
of Western Australia.
Work continues on two other changes
that I anticipate will be in place by the end of year. They will bring together
the Drug and Alcohol Office with the Mental Health Commission and, most likely,
water and environment regulation into a department called the Department of
Environment and Water Management. Final changes are that the regulatory
gatekeeping unit and the regulatory reform branch functions of Treasury have
been moved across to the Department of Finance.
I thank the Public Sector
Commission, the Department of the Premier and Cabinet and the respective
agencies that have put these changes in place very quickly in a seamless and
smooth manner.
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