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chaired by the Secretary of my department and will include five other members. The deputy will be from the business sector and the board will also include two heads of ACT Government departments or authorities, a person representing the community and someone from the trade union movement. I will be announcing the appointments as soon as I can get qualified candidates to fill those positions.
Mr Berry: They will not be lining up.
MR KAINE: I am sure the trade unions will be happy to talk to me, even though Mr Berry seems to think they will not.
Mr Berry: I do not think they will be happy.
MR KAINE: They will.
This board will have responsibility for advising the Executive through the Chief Minister on such matters as the management of the ACT public sector; changes that should be made in order to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of public sector operations; the ongoing review of the efficiency and effectiveness of ACT Government agencies' programs; public sector management improvement programs; and appropriate general policies and priorities in relation to human resource management in the ACT Government Service.
Our decisions on these matters will address immediate needs to provide a measure of reassurance to ACT Government employees regarding their future employment and career prospects. The board will also provide an enhanced capacity for the Government to assess the conclusions and recommendations of the Priorities Review Board and the other reviews and investigations which have been commissioned by the Government. This will in no way close off the opportunities for community, union, business and employee comment on the report and input to our overall reform program; rather it will facilitate such interaction.
The Priorities Review Board has made a number of recommendations which relate to planning and land administration policy. The Government has already announced its decision in relation to betterment payments, and we see no reason to vary that decision in the light of the comments made by the board. We will refer the board's other recommendations on planning, land administration and related matters to the process which we have already established for consideration of proposed planning and land administration legislation, all of which we hope to have in place within a matter of weeks.
In connection with administrative arrangements, the Priorities Review Board has suggested that there is potential for service improvement and rationalisation, streamlining of procedures and reduction in overhead costs by the regrouping of programs into a lesser number of agencies. The board has suggested a total of five departments together with a number of independent boards
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