Governing the City State - Chief Minister and Treasury Directorate ...
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Apples <strong>and</strong> Oranges – <strong>the</strong> ACTPS <strong>and</strong> its <strong>State</strong> CounterpartsWhile <strong>the</strong> recommended unified ACTPS structure appears radical if <strong>the</strong> comparators are stategovernment bureaucracies, such an assessment overlooks <strong>the</strong> classic “apples <strong>and</strong> oranges”comparison involved. The ACT Government <strong>and</strong> ACTPS are fundamentally different to <strong>the</strong>irAustralian jurisdictional counterparts.In terms of budget <strong>and</strong> staff, an organisation of 20,000 people with a budget of around$4 billion is not unreasonable or unmanageable. Brisbane <strong>City</strong> Council, for example, is <strong>the</strong>largest local government in Australia with 26 wards <strong>and</strong> 27 Councillor positions. In 2010-11its budget involved total expenditure of around $2.8 billion. 103 Underneath <strong>the</strong> elected officeholders <strong>and</strong> Councillors, reporting through <strong>the</strong> <strong>Chief</strong> Executive Officer, is a singleorganisation with a total staff of around 9,500 divided into seven organisational units: 104 <strong>City</strong>Planning <strong>and</strong> Sustainability; Brisbane Infrastructure; Family <strong>and</strong> Community Services;Brisbane Transport; <strong>City</strong> Business; Corporate Services; <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Corporate Strategy Office.Like Canberra in <strong>the</strong> Australian context, Vienna has a special position as <strong>the</strong> seat of <strong>the</strong>Federal Capital, a city state within <strong>the</strong> Republic of Austria, <strong>and</strong> as a municipality.105 It has asingle city administration that fulfils <strong>the</strong> functions of <strong>the</strong> municipal council of <strong>the</strong> <strong>City</strong> ofVienna, <strong>the</strong> Central District Authority of <strong>the</strong> Administrative District of Vienna, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong>Office of <strong>the</strong> Provincial Government of Vienna. It reports to <strong>the</strong> Mayor of Vienna, through asingle <strong>Chief</strong> Executive Director. 106 The Vienna <strong>City</strong> Government comprises <strong>the</strong>: 107• Mayor <strong>and</strong> Governor of Vienna;• Vice-Mayor <strong>and</strong> Vice-Governor, Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Housing, HousingConstruction <strong>and</strong> Urban Renewal;• Vice-Mayor <strong>and</strong> Vice-Governor, Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Finance, EconomicAffairs <strong>and</strong> Vienna Public Utilities;• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Integration, Women's Issues, Consumer Protection <strong>and</strong>Personnel;• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Education, Youth, Information <strong>and</strong> Sports;• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for <strong>the</strong> Environment;• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Cultural Affairs <strong>and</strong> Science;• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Social Affairs, Public Health <strong>and</strong> Hospitals; <strong>and</strong>• Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillor for Urban Development, Traffic <strong>and</strong> Transport.Executive <strong>City</strong> Councillors “preside over <strong>the</strong> administrative group corresponding to <strong>the</strong>irrespective Portfolio, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> individual departments it is subdivided into” <strong>and</strong> each “bears103 Seehttp://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/2010%20Library/2009%20PDF%20<strong>and</strong>%20Docs/1.About%20Council/1.10%20News%20<strong>and</strong>%20publications/Budget%202010-2011/budget_1011_budgetataglance.pdf104 See http://www.brisbane.qld.gov.au/about-council/council-organisation/index.htm105 Stadt Wien (2010) The Organisation of <strong>the</strong> Vienna <strong>City</strong> Administration Viennahttp://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/organisation/pdf/administration.pdf p.12.106 Stadt Wien (2010) pp.19,22.107 Vienna <strong>City</strong> Administration (2010) <strong>City</strong> Government http://www.wien.gv.at/english/politics/citygovernment/<strong>Governing</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>City</strong> <strong>State</strong>: 75