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ATTORNEY GENERAL
FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION NO 130
Attorney-Generals Department - Micro-economic Reforms
and Budget and Staffing Targets
MR HUMPHRIES - Asked the Attorney General upon notice on 15 May 1992:
(1) What microeconomic reforms are taking place in the Attorney
Generals Department and what are the objectives of these
reforms.
(2) Is the Department meeting its budget targets for 1991-92.
(3) What staffing targets have been set for areas administered by the
Attorney General.
(4) Are the staffing targets being met.
MR CONNOLLY - The answer to the members question is as follows:
Question 1
The micro-economic reforms taking place in the Department are consistent with the agenda for reform set at both the local and national levels, and are aimed at improving productivity while maintaining services which meet community objectives and promote the best possible use of available resources.
To a significant extent, the reform agenda will continue to focus on the basic structures for delivery of law and justice services. Structures inherited from the Commonwealth (under the staged transfer process that the Commonwealth chose to impose) have all too often reflected their place at the tail end of a broader Commonwealth responsibility, with scant recognition of the specific needs and priorities of the A.C.T. community. The court structures are a prime example of this.
As part of the process of reviewing these basic structures, legislation enacted since our return to Government last year has created the Discrimination Commissioner, the Community Advocate and the Guardianship and Management of Property Tribunal. For the future, I anticipate that there will be a particular focus on court structures and procedures, and on maximum integration and co-ordination of quasi-judicial tribunals and other review
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