❓ The Minister avoids directly answering the question about which officers attended meetings and how often, instead referencing the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and stating that arrangements are in place for ministerial officer dealings with departments.
AnsweredQoN 292Legislative Assembly
Asked
22 May 2001
Member
Portfolio
Agriculture; Forestry and Fisheries; the Midwest, Wheatbelt and Great Southern
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(b) if so, which officers have attended; (c) what are the names of the officers that have attended; and (d) on how many occasions have they attended?
(c) what are the names of the officers that have attended; and (d) on how many occasions have they attended?
(d) on how many occasions have they attended?
In reference to the quotation from the Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters (Part II), it is noted that the Royal Commission recommended inter alia 'the matter in which ministerial staff are to deal with the officers of departments and agencies, other than with the chief executive officer, be made the subject of clear and explicit procedures'. This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to: 'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'. In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to: 'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'. In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
(c) what are the names of the officers that have attended; and (d) on how many occasions have they attended?
(d) on how many occasions have they attended?
In reference to the quotation from the Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters (Part II), it is noted that the Royal Commission recommended inter alia 'the matter in which ministerial staff are to deal with the officers of departments and agencies, other than with the chief executive officer, be made the subject of clear and explicit procedures'. This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to: 'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'. In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to: 'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'. In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
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Answered
7 August 2001
Responded by
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture; Forestry and Fisheries; the Midwest, Wheatbelt and Great Southern
Response time
77 days
(a) – (d)
In reference to the quotation from the Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters (Part II), it is noted that the Royal Commission recommended inter alia 'the matter in which ministerial staff are to deal with the officers of departments and agencies, other than with the chief executive officer, be made the subject of clear and explicit procedures'.
This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to:
'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'.
In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
In reference to the quotation from the Report of the Royal Commission into Commercial Activities of Government and Other Matters (Part II), it is noted that the Royal Commission recommended inter alia 'the matter in which ministerial staff are to deal with the officers of departments and agencies, other than with the chief executive officer, be made the subject of clear and explicit procedures'.
This recommendation was subsequently incorporated in the Public Sector Management Act 1994 with section 74 of the Act specifically requiring each Minister to:
'make arrangements in writing in relation to each department or organisation for which the Minister of the Crown is responsible setting out the manner in which, and the circumstances in which, dealings are to be had, and communications are to be made, between ministerial officers assisting the Minister of the Crown and the employees in that department or organisation'.
In accordance with this provision I have such arrangements in place with the organisations within my portfolio/s.
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