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5. Reverting Process

For his area of responsibility, the Executive Deputy would:

. endorse major policy proposals before their submission to the Minister for clearance

report progress and developments to Joint Party meetings, and

attend appropriate public forums including those involving discussion between agencies and the community.

6. Material provided to the Minister

To ensure that the Minister is kept adequately informed on all important issues, copies of minutes or submissions from agencies to the Executive Deputy in response to requests for briefings or advice should also be provided to the Minister.

7. Correspondence

Except where special considerations require that correspondence be prepared for the Ministers own attention, the Executive Deputy will sign most correspondence concerning his area of responsibility,both in reply to inward correspondence addressed to the Minister (and, of course, to the Executive Deputy) and outgoing correspondence initiated within the portfolio.

The Executive Deputy will provide the Ministers office with a regular schedule of all such correspondence. Exceptions to this requirement could include:

a) letter to the Prime Minister, other Premiers or the Chief Minister of the Northern Territory

b) letters to the header of the Opposition and opposition

spokesmen and women in the Assembly

c) letters to the other members of the Alliance

d) letters to all Members of the Commonwealth and State parliaments

e) letters on matters which the Minister has indicated a personal or continuing involvement. If in doubt, a check can be made with the Ministers Senior Private Secretary

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