❓ Mr. Huston questions the Premier about the lack of mandated integrity frameworks in 55% of government entities. The Premier responds by highlighting ongoing public sector reform and the Skills Academy.
AnsweredQoN 17Legislative Assembly
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Public sector—Misconduct17.Mr Jonathan Hustonto the Premier:I have a
supplementary question. The problem with that answer is that 55% of the
Premier's government entities did not maintain mandated integrity frameworks,
as was reported in that speech.The Speaker:Member for Nedlands!Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies—The Speaker:Member for Nedlands, no preamble on
supplementaries. Just ask the question, please.Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies train their staff and maintain those integrity frameworks,
given that 55% of them are not doing it?
supplementary question. The problem with that answer is that 55% of the
Premier's government entities did not maintain mandated integrity frameworks,
as was reported in that speech.The Speaker:Member for Nedlands!Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies—The Speaker:Member for Nedlands, no preamble on
supplementaries. Just ask the question, please.Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies train their staff and maintain those integrity frameworks,
given that 55% of them are not doing it?
AnswerView source ↗
Public sector reform
is never finished. It does not reach a destination; it is a continuous process
of improvement. Obviously, every department has a responsibility to continue to
seek to improve its agencies to ensure that they meet the highest possible
standards of integrity and ethics, and cybersecurity, which is another example
of how the world continues to change and how the agencies need to change with
it. We will continue to make sure that staff are informed about their
obligations as public servants to ensure that we maintain these ethics and
processes of good conduct.I add for the
record, Mr Speaker, that we are implementing our Skills Academy, which is about
ensuring that every public servant, as they go through their career and on
their journey, has access to the very latest in learnings and professional
development, and so that we can continue to ensure that we equip them with the
skills they need and they are aware of their obligations as professionals
working in the great Western Australian public service. I must say, I place on
the record my utmost admiration for what they do. Some of them work in very
difficult circumstances, in very challenging departments, and I am very proud
of the work they do, and I think we all should be.The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. That concludes
question time.
Public sector—Misconduct
17.Mr Jonathan Hustonto the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. The problem with that answer is that 55% of the
Premier's government entities did not maintain mandated integrity frameworks,
as was reported in that speech.
The Speaker:Member for Nedlands!
Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies—
The Speaker:Member for Nedlands, no preamble on
supplementaries. Just ask the question, please.
Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies train their staff and maintain those integrity frameworks,
given that 55% of them are not doing it?
Mr Roger Cook replied:
Public sector reform
is never finished. It does not reach a destination; it is a continuous process
of improvement. Obviously, every department has a responsibility to continue to
seek to improve its agencies to ensure that they meet the highest possible
standards of integrity and ethics, and cybersecurity, which is another example
of how the world continues to change and how the agencies need to change with
it. We will continue to make sure that staff are informed about their
obligations as public servants to ensure that we maintain these ethics and
processes of good conduct.
I add for the
record, Mr Speaker, that we are implementing our Skills Academy, which is about
ensuring that every public servant, as they go through their career and on
their journey, has access to the very latest in learnings and professional
development, and so that we can continue to ensure that we equip them with the
skills they need and they are aware of their obligations as professionals
working in the great Western Australian public service. I must say, I place on
the record my utmost admiration for what they do. Some of them work in very
difficult circumstances, in very challenging departments, and I am very proud
of the work they do, and I think we all should be.
The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. That concludes
question time.
is never finished. It does not reach a destination; it is a continuous process
of improvement. Obviously, every department has a responsibility to continue to
seek to improve its agencies to ensure that they meet the highest possible
standards of integrity and ethics, and cybersecurity, which is another example
of how the world continues to change and how the agencies need to change with
it. We will continue to make sure that staff are informed about their
obligations as public servants to ensure that we maintain these ethics and
processes of good conduct.I add for the
record, Mr Speaker, that we are implementing our Skills Academy, which is about
ensuring that every public servant, as they go through their career and on
their journey, has access to the very latest in learnings and professional
development, and so that we can continue to ensure that we equip them with the
skills they need and they are aware of their obligations as professionals
working in the great Western Australian public service. I must say, I place on
the record my utmost admiration for what they do. Some of them work in very
difficult circumstances, in very challenging departments, and I am very proud
of the work they do, and I think we all should be.The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. That concludes
question time.
Public sector—Misconduct
17.Mr Jonathan Hustonto the Premier:
I have a
supplementary question. The problem with that answer is that 55% of the
Premier's government entities did not maintain mandated integrity frameworks,
as was reported in that speech.
The Speaker:Member for Nedlands!
Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies—
The Speaker:Member for Nedlands, no preamble on
supplementaries. Just ask the question, please.
Mr Jonathan Huston:What is the Premier doing to
ensure that agencies train their staff and maintain those integrity frameworks,
given that 55% of them are not doing it?
Mr Roger Cook replied:
Public sector reform
is never finished. It does not reach a destination; it is a continuous process
of improvement. Obviously, every department has a responsibility to continue to
seek to improve its agencies to ensure that they meet the highest possible
standards of integrity and ethics, and cybersecurity, which is another example
of how the world continues to change and how the agencies need to change with
it. We will continue to make sure that staff are informed about their
obligations as public servants to ensure that we maintain these ethics and
processes of good conduct.
I add for the
record, Mr Speaker, that we are implementing our Skills Academy, which is about
ensuring that every public servant, as they go through their career and on
their journey, has access to the very latest in learnings and professional
development, and so that we can continue to ensure that we equip them with the
skills they need and they are aware of their obligations as professionals
working in the great Western Australian public service. I must say, I place on
the record my utmost admiration for what they do. Some of them work in very
difficult circumstances, in very challenging departments, and I am very proud
of the work they do, and I think we all should be.
The Speaker:Thank you, Premier. That concludes
question time.
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