Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...

Guiding PrinciplesGiven the relative frequency of changes in the Administrative Arrangements, it will beimportant to the success of the reforms outlined in the Review that Ministers, the ACTPS andexternal stakeholders understand that these reforms are more than just housekeeping: what isoutlined in the Review is a potentially transformational change, a new way of working, and arebasing of what the ACTPS looks like and how it works.The principles under which the Review approached its work are set out in Chapter 1, butabove all, it proceeded on the basis that changes to the Administrative Arrangements aredifficult, affect real people in different ways – not all of which are comfortable, aresometimes expensive, and should not occur in the absence of a sound case for change. TheReview has been reluctant to propose further change in areas that have been the subject ofrecent (and in some cases regular) reorganisation without good cause. It has not pursued anagenda of change for change’s sake, but has rather focussed on overcoming structuralimpediments to enhanced performance. As it has undertaken its work, it has sought the viewsof staff and external stakeholders familiar with the structural enablers and impediments to thework of the ACTPS in particular functional areas.In the remainder of this Chapter, the Review outlines recommended changes to theAdministrative Arrangements that are independent of the proposed establishment of a singleACTPS entity. These realignments should occur whether or not the Government accepts thatproposal. For consistency, the proposals in this Chapter refer to Directorates in the Review’spreferred model as described in Chapter 3. They could equally apply to Administrative Units(i.e. departments) in the event the current approach is preferred.Summary of Proposed ChangesThe key structural changes proposed by the Review involve:• combining the current CMD and Department of Treasury in a deliberately powerfulcentre to the ACTPS, along with the Economic Development Directorate - the head ofwhich would be called Coordinator-General and continue that function which was sosuccessful in delivering economic stimulus measures in 2009-10 - responsible for the landrelease program, business and industry support, tourism, and skills and workforcedevelopment in the broader ACT economy;• consolidating responsibility for events management within the proposed Chief Minister’sDepartment;• locating Canberra Connect with whole of government communications in the proposedChief Minister’s Department;• transferring Shared Services to the Finance Directorate;• refocusing the Territory and Municipal Services Directorate solely on municipal servicedelivery;Administrative Arrangements Changes: 109