❓ A parliamentary question regarding the implementation of recommendations from the Economic Audit Committee's report, specifically focusing on streamlining the public sector management framework. The response outlines the government's plan to address the recommendations through the Public Sector Reform Bill and the role of the Public Sector Commissioner.
AnsweredQoN 1480Legislative Council
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I refer to the Economic Audit Committee Final Report Recommendation (38), ‘Strengthen and simplify the public sector management framework by streamlining public sector oversight structures and removing unnecessary prescription, including through:
(a) merging the role of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner and the Public Sector Commissioner;
(b) streamlining discipline provisions and arrangements for the regulation of conduct; and
(c) removing unnecessary prescription from those instruments that regulate the recruitment, management, performance management and discipline of public sector employees’,
and I ask -
(1) Who will be responsible for strengthening and simplifying the public sector management framework?
(2) What is the timeframe for this recommendation?
(3) How is it planned to streamline discipline provisions and arrangements for the regulation of conduct?
(4) Who will decide what unnecessary prescription is in instruments that regulate the management, performance management and discipline of public sector employees?
(5) How will savings be achieved by implementing recommendation 38?
(6) What is the total expected savings to Government on an annual basis from recommendation number 38 of the Economic Audit Committee?
(a) merging the role of the Public Sector Standards Commissioner and the Public Sector Commissioner;
(b) streamlining discipline provisions and arrangements for the regulation of conduct; and
(c) removing unnecessary prescription from those instruments that regulate the recruitment, management, performance management and discipline of public sector employees’,
and I ask -
(1) Who will be responsible for strengthening and simplifying the public sector management framework?
(2) What is the timeframe for this recommendation?
(3) How is it planned to streamline discipline provisions and arrangements for the regulation of conduct?
(4) Who will decide what unnecessary prescription is in instruments that regulate the management, performance management and discipline of public sector employees?
(5) How will savings be achieved by implementing recommendation 38?
(6) What is the total expected savings to Government on an annual basis from recommendation number 38 of the Economic Audit Committee?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
4 May 2010
Responded by
Leader of the House representing the Premier
Response time
63 days
(1-2) The Public Sector Reform Bill 2009, currently before Parliament, provides for an independent Public Sector Commissioner to have responsibility for the administrative arrangements that apply to the public sector.
(3) The Public Sector Reform Bill proposes that the current three stage process be rationalised into a single process governed by Commissioner's Instructions.
(4) The Government would take advice from the Public Sector Commissioner on these issues.
(5-6) The EAC's recommendations were designed for the purposes of achieving the best possible outcome for the community and achieving maximum value for taxpayers' money. It is expected that efficiencies will be achieved across the sector as a result of the streamlined discipline investigation processes.
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(3) The Public Sector Reform Bill proposes that the current three stage process be rationalised into a single process governed by Commissioner's Instructions.
(4) The Government would take advice from the Public Sector Commissioner on these issues.
(5-6) The EAC's recommendations were designed for the purposes of achieving the best possible outcome for the community and achieving maximum value for taxpayers' money. It is expected that efficiencies will be achieved across the sector as a result of the streamlined discipline investigation processes.
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