❓ The answer addresses the employment conditions within specific Regional Development Commissions, stating that political affiliation is not a factor and refers the question regarding the remaining commissions to relevant ministers.
AnsweredQoN 4932Legislative Council
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(b) each of the nine Regional Development Commissions?
All persons within the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, and the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Development Commissions are employed under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , in accordance with Public Sector Standards for recruitment and selection. The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 . The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy. Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 . The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy. Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
All persons within the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, and the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Development Commissions are employed under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , in accordance with Public Sector Standards for recruitment and selection. The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 . The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy. Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 . The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy. Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
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Answered
20 June 2007
Responded by
Minister for Regional Development
Response time
21 days
(1)-(2) The Commissioner does not make the assertion referred to by the Member, and it is incorrect.
All persons within the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, and the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Development Commissions are employed under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
, in accordance with Public Sector Standards for recruitment and selection.
The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
. The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy.
Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
All persons within the Department of Local Government and Regional Development, and the Kimberley, Pilbara and Gascoyne Development Commissions are employed under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
, in accordance with Public Sector Standards for recruitment and selection.
The political affiliation or membership of public sector staff is a private matter and it is neither a consideration, nor a requirement of employment that staff provide these details, as it is outside the bounds of their conditions of employment under the
Public Sector Management Act 1994
. The collection of such information by the Government would constitute an invasion and breach of employee privacy.
Please refer the question to the relevant Ministers for information regarding the remaining six development commissions.
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