❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Minister on potential cost savings and job losses resulting from the Taskforce Review of the Machinery of Government, specifically regarding the integration of services within the Police, Emergency Services, and Local Government portfolios. The Minister responds that the review's primary goal was service improvement, not cost reduction, and that the Police and Emergency Services were unaffected.
AnsweredQoN 528Legislative Assembly
Asked
27 June 2001
Member
Portfolio
Police; Emergency Services; Local Government; Minister assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
QuestionView source ↗
(1) I refer to the Report of the Taskforce Established to Review the Machinery of Western Australia’s Government and ask what cost savings are to result through the integration of services?
(2) How are these cost savings to be realised?
(3) Will the abolition of Public Sector positions be incorporated into the realisation of the cost savings?
(4) If so, how many positions have been identified for abolition?
(5) Will the vacancy of public sector positions be incorporated into the realisation of the cost savings?
(6) If so, how many positions have been identified to be retained as vacant?
(7) What classification levels are the positions identified for abolition?
(8) What classification levels are the positions identified for vacancy?
(2) How are these cost savings to be realised?
(3) Will the abolition of Public Sector positions be incorporated into the realisation of the cost savings?
(4) If so, how many positions have been identified for abolition?
(5) Will the vacancy of public sector positions be incorporated into the realisation of the cost savings?
(6) If so, how many positions have been identified to be retained as vacant?
(7) What classification levels are the positions identified for abolition?
(8) What classification levels are the positions identified for vacancy?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
16 October 2001
Responded by
Minister for Police; Emergency Services; Local Government; Minister assisting the Minister for Planning and Infrastructure
Response time
111 days
(1) – (8) The main purpose of the Taskforce Established to Review the Machinery of Government was not to achieve cost cuts, it was to improve government services. The Western Australia Police Service and the Fire and Emergency Services Authority were unaffected the recommendations of the Machinery of Government Review.
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