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CONTENTSEXECUTIVE SUMMARY ....................................................................................................... 1Guiding Principles .................................................................................................................. 2Key Findings .......................................................................................................................... 2One ACT Government – One ACTPS ................................................................................... 4The Administrative Arrangements ......................................................................................... 5Investing in Capability and Capacity ..................................................................................... 5Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 6Summary of Recommendations ............................................................................................. 6Governance ......................................................................................................................... 6Structure.............................................................................................................................. 9Priority Setting .................................................................................................................. 19Capability.......................................................................................................................... 20Implementation ................................................................................................................. 22CHAPTER ONE: BACKGROUND TO THE REVIEW ........................................................ 23Overview of the Report ........................................................................................................ 24Review Methodology ........................................................................................................... 24Guiding Principles – Embracing Uniqueness ...................................................................... 25Issues Canvassed in Consultations and Submissions ........................................................... 27CHAPTER TWO: CONTEXT FOR THE REVIEW .............................................................. 29History of Self Government in the Australian Capital Territory ......................................... 29The Path to Self Government ........................................................................................... 29Size of the Assembly ........................................................................................................ 31Modernisation of the Self Government Act ......................................................................... 34The ACT in 1989 and 2010 .................................................................................................. 35Population ......................................................................................................................... 35Growth .............................................................................................................................. 35
Page 1 and 2: Governing the City StateOne ACT Gov
Page 3 and 4: LETTER OF TRANSMITTALMr Jon Stanhop
Page 8 and 9: Economy ...........................
Page 10 and 11: Issues ............................
Page 12 and 13: Aligning Priorities, Resource Alloc
Page 14 and 15: Consultations .....................
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Page 18 and 19: academics in the field of public ad
Page 20 and 21: The ACTPS should be structured in a
Page 22 and 23: Officials expressed a desire to the
Page 24 and 25: One ACTPS13. Enhance Canberra Conne
Page 26 and 27: Whichever option is chosen, the Rev
Page 28 and 29: oVocational Education and Training
Page 30 and 31: Chief Minister'sDepartmentProposed
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Page 34 and 35: Option BChiefExecutiveACTPSOption B
Page 36 and 37: CapabilityThe review recommends inv
Page 38 and 39: 69. Under direction of the relevant
Page 40 and 41: Overview of the ReportThe Report is
Page 42 and 43: the service delivery responsibiliti
Page 44 and 45: is, on the whole, well served by it
Page 46 and 47: the Seat of Government shall contai
Page 48 and 49: ACT Self Government recommended the
Page 50 and 51: Modernisation of the Self Governmen
Page 52 and 53: Figure 3 - Canberra and LondonThe f
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of this growth will occur in the ar
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• to lower Canberra’s carbon em
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SES Officers in the ACTPSThere are
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The breakdown of employment among c
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expectations”. 33 Health spending
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Under the 2008 federal financial re
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Pending satisfactory resolution of
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ground for developing and demonstra
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other business for consideration by
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Professor Geoff Gallop AC encapsula
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supporting their governments and se
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players to deliver public services
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Writing about public discussions of
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For officials seeking to deliver cl
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there was no ‘one size fits all
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Canberra 2030 - Time to TalkCanberr
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There continue to be situations in
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Zealand Public Service, but entirel
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political responsibility for all me
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that their work was fully connected
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Strategic Board will be the forum t
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The Sustainable Development Directo
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Allocation of Leadership Responsibi
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Minister for AgeingMinister for Mul
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processes. Of equal importance, how
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invested in ICT for the Territory
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summary of Cabinet meetings (called
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The Role of the CentreCentral agenc
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• where required, clarifying the
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Boards, Committees and Statutory Of
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public body. This default question
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clear examples of offices which mus
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ConclusionThis Chapter has consider
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CHAPTER FOUR: ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANG
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Guiding PrinciplesGiven the relativ
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• Economic Development.Whichever
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Department of Land andProperty Serv
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• establish new infrastructure de
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Minister for the Artsand HeritageAr
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• transfer the current Business a
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cohesive approach and therefore sus
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Offices for …A number of consulta
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Those against the consolidation of
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facilitate the expansion of Canberr
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y the Territory Records Office, inv
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Department of Treasury(Option A - C
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Finance and Deregulation and the Au
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Concerns ExpressedConcerns were exp
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A small, but important issue that e
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In determining what may constitute
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When Shared Services was created, W
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FunctionsACTPS Shared ServicesBudge
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Administrative ArrangementsThe Depa
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where ORS’s current tobacco relat
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A further issue to emerge in consul
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Legal servicesOccupational licensin
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IssuesThe Review notes ACT Health h
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Department of Disability, Housing a
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of this department under one minist
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The National Disability Services AC
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Housing policyMulticultural affairs
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domains in the 2010 NAPLAN tests. W
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offers over 700 courses, including
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udget. In effect, the savings requi
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LibrariesMinister forTransportACTIO
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that they are able to maintain effe
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While it is appropriate for respons
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Department of the Environment, Clim
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Water PolicyResponsibility for wate
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Department of Land and Property Ser
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In both cases there would be merit
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A further implication of the curren
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Developers have to deal with three
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Consistency and Cohesion in Decisio
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There is no reason why the ACTPS sh
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• conditional approvals requiring
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Unit Title RegistrationA particular
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Crown LeasesThe ACT’s property sy
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• the extent of rights for people
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market as it allocates its funding
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Statutory Office HoldersOverviewIn
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Appendix 1 - National Criteria for
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needs to be correct and aligned wit
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In this context, the clarity and si
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Ministers have a range of sources o
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clearly enunciate policy directions
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individually and collectively. Seni
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Figure 14 - ACT Strategic Planning
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The Government, individuals, busine
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• emerging issues and risks and h
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attempting to do a large number of
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Putting Plans into Action - Resourc
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While accountability systems are an
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of desired outcomes, and include ad
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That work was supported by, and wil
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coordination, breadth, and utility
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Figure 17 below demonstrates this a
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Strengthening Budget Discipline and
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The Terms of Reference for the Expe
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Appendix 1 - The Scottish National
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CHAPTER SIX: CAPABILITY, CAPACITY A
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References to leadership permeate e
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To become an exceptional Strategic
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international index Sustainable Gov
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unit … to build capacity for stra
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oles where individuals are to exerc
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capabilities such as Twitter. This
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… provides capability development
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Communities of PracticeOther strate
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the ACTPS executive leadership capa
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Barriers to a transparent, agile, r
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LeadershipLeadership in PCO is char
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employee (estimated at between 30 a
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Stakeholders also contend there is
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Recommendation: Workforce Planning
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• radical/discontinuous - where t
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Daniel Pink 355 argues three core f
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can create new value and quantum le
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outside-in, to see them from a citi
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mechanisms for the cultivation of i
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of the service - without being conc
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inconsistencies between the compone
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standards and practices and how the
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RecruitmentA robust and dynamic app
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• a simplified employment framewo
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Figure 23 - Strategy and Policy and
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Often, to avoid these costs, busine
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CHAPTER SEVEN: SUSTAINABILITY, HOUS
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(c)(d)conservation of biological di
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oad commitment is not being transla
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Figure 26 - Sustainability Interrel
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Historically, the ACT has enjoyed t
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prescriptive. This has resulted in
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add an additional inventory to the
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Figure 30 - ACT Housing Market Pric
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Case study: Development in Molonglo
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feasibility study for that project,
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During daytime, Blue Rapid routes c
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Queanbeyan. Similarly, Transborder
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expressed that the poor reputation
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CHAPTER EIGHT: IMPLEMENTATION - REA
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funding be coordinated by the Expen
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NAME OF DIRECTORATE:Traffic lightIm
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priorities for the remainder of the
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Public SubmissionsAuthorACT Council
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• HARRIS, Mike - Chief Executive,
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The scheduling of the Roundtable di
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Alford, J. (2002) “Defining the C
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Chief Ministers Department (2010) A
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Lowndes, V., Pratchett, L. and Stok
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Queensland Government (2010) Govern
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t’Hart, Paul (2010) “Lifting it
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TABLE OF FIGURESFigure 1 - Current
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