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❓ The question probes the government's plan to reduce corporate service costs in the public sector following a review, specifically questioning potential job cuts beyond those already announced for senior executives. The answer assures restructuring will occur without involuntary redundancies.

AnsweredQoN 553Legislative Assembly

Asked

28 June 2001

Member

Hon C L Edwardes

Portfolio

Public Sector Management

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(1) I refer to the Report of the Taskforce established to Review the Machinery of Western Australia’s Government, in particular to Recommendation 23 which states Chief Executive Officers should investigate ways to reduce corporate service costs while achieving appropriate service standards through greater sharing of corporate support services and to the Media Statement of 15 January 2001 stating that apart from the cutting of 60 chief executive and senior executive officers from the public payroll there will be no other public service job cuts and ask how are the corporate service costs to be reduced?
(2) Will the Minister give a guarantee there will be no other public service job cuts other than the 60 chief executive and senior executive officers positions?
(3) If not, why not?

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Answered

31 July 2001

Responded by

Minister for Public Sector Management

Response time

33 days

Chief Executive Officers are to investigate how corporate services costs may be reduced. In cases where agencies are restructured this will be achieved without any involuntary redundancies.

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