❓ Dr. Constable questions the Premier about departmental changes (abolitions, amalgamations, name changes) and associated costs. The Premier responds that changes will be minimal cost, with agencies instructed to avoid waste.
AnsweredQoN 713Legislative Assembly
Asked
31 July 2001
Member
Portfolio
Premier; Minister for Public Sector Management; Federal Affairs; Science; Citizenship and Multicultural Interests
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(b) be amalgamated; and / or (c) undergo a name change?
(c) undergo a name change?
(b) each amalgamation; and / or (c) each name change?
(c) each name change?
(b) changes to departmental signage; and / or (c) website re-design?
(c) website re-design?
(c) undergo a name change?
(b) each amalgamation; and / or (c) each name change?
(c) each name change?
(b) changes to departmental signage; and / or (c) website re-design?
(c) website re-design?
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Answered
16 October 2001
Response time
77 days
(a) 22 departments will be abolished (b) 3 departments will be amalgamated, and (c) 19 departments will undergo a name change. (2) – (4) The costs of implementation of the Machinery of Government changes will be minimal. Agencies have been instructed to avoid waste and contain expenditure including continuing to use stationery even where there has been a change of department name.
(2) – (4) The costs of implementation of the Machinery of Government changes will be minimal. Agencies have been instructed to avoid waste and contain expenditure including continuing to use stationery even where there has been a change of department name.
The costs of implementation of the Machinery of Government changes will be minimal. Agencies have been instructed to avoid waste and contain expenditure including continuing to use stationery even where there has been a change of department name.
(2) – (4) The costs of implementation of the Machinery of Government changes will be minimal. Agencies have been instructed to avoid waste and contain expenditure including continuing to use stationery even where there has been a change of department name.
The costs of implementation of the Machinery of Government changes will be minimal. Agencies have been instructed to avoid waste and contain expenditure including continuing to use stationery even where there has been a change of department name.
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