Government Boards and Committees, 21 September 2012

Government boards and committees as at 17 August 2011 found the list to be generally
accurate given the limitations of the information at hand (i.e. the Department of the Premier
and Cabinet did not specifically examine whether each of the 388 Paid Government boards
and committees had external members at the time of compilation of the list.).
The list of 388 Paid Government boards and committees that was assumed to have external
members was updated and maintained by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet during
the course of this review.
As of 19 January 2012, the list of Paid Government boards and committees being
maintained by the Department of the Premier and Cabinet totalled 372 Paid Government
boards and committees. The reduction in the total number of Paid Government boards and
committees from 17 August 2011 (totalling 388) to 19 January 2012 (totalling 372) was due
to the net effect of creations, abolitions of boards and committees and corrections to the list.
The list of 19 January 2012 was used as a reference point in the reconciliation. From this
time til the conclusion of the reconciliation, 21 September 2012, the Commission maintained
its own list of Paid Government boards and committees.
2.2 Reconciliation Results
The results of the Commission's efforts to reconcile the total number of Government Boards
and Committees and the total number of Paid Government Board and Committees are
presented over page.
In reviewing the results readers should note the following:
1,283 Government Boards and Committees (including a duplicate entry for the Road
Safety Council) were included in the reconciliation as being in existence at 1 June
2009. This is 7 more than the 1,276 referred to in the Premier's statement of that
date. The reason for the increase is that:
The Department of the Premier and Cabinet provided the Commission with a
list of Government boards and committees as of 1 June 2009 (totalling 1,280).
This is 4 more than the total quoted in the Premier's media release of 1 June
2009. This list has been used by the Commission as the primary source data
for the reconciliation.
The Commission identified 3 more boards and committees which it considers
should be included in the list of Government boards and committees as of 1
June 2009. These are the Fire and Emergency Services Authority Board; the
Legal Costs Committee and the Premier's Science and Innovation Council.
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