❓ A Member of Parliament questions the Premier's Department's intervention in the Department of Education's senior executive acting appointments, which were put on hold pending the appointment of a new Director General.
AnsweredQoN 787Legislative Council
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(1) Is it correct that the Department of the Premier and Cabinet has advised the Department of Education not to fill acting positions within the senior executive of the Department of Education, even though the process of filling the acting vacancies has been completed and the names of relevant applicants have been provided to the Minister for Education? (2) If so, what is the reason for this decision, for what positions were recommendations made, and who were the recommended applicants for each position? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
(2) If so, what is the reason for this decision, for what positions were recommendations made, and who were the recommended applicants for each position? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
(1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
(2) If so, what is the reason for this decision, for what positions were recommendations made, and who were the recommended applicants for each position? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
(1)-(2) The Director General of the Department of the Premier and Cabinet asked the Acting Director General of the Department of Education to consider not making changes to the existing senior executive acting arrangements, pending the imminent substantive appointment of the director general. The Acting Director General of the Department of Education agreed to this request.
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