Page 24 - Week 01 - Tuesday, 12 February 2019
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their help and work on the blueprint for change, we would not be where we are today. It is another example of the way unions help to improve our workplaces and ensure our community has the services we need.
The oversight committee also includes representatives from the Justice and Community Safety Directorate, the ESA commissioner, and an ACTAS staff representative. I want to thank each of these individuals for all of the hours they have put in. ACTAS staff do a difficult and demanding job, often under stressful conditions, and I acknowledge their work and the sacrifices they and their families make. In particular, I want to thank all the ACTAS personnel who have contributed to the blueprint work, and for their patience and understanding as the blueprint has been progressively worked through.
Following each oversight committee meeting, Mr Place has provided me and my predecessors with quarterly summaries on the progress of the blueprint for change project. Mr Place has provided a vital independent assurance that this process is rigorous and well governed. His quarterly ministerial advice has been frank and constructive and has provided invaluable oversight of the actioning of the blueprint for change recommendations.
Mr Place’s latest advice, in September 2018, was that the blueprint for change project was ready to convert into business as usual, and that the December 2018 meeting would be his last meeting as chair of the oversight committee. As part of the converting the blueprint for change project into business as usual, the blueprint project team drafted a transition plan which was approved by the final oversight committee meeting on 13 December 2018.
I was pleased to attend the final Oversight Committee meeting where I was briefed on the status of all the recommendations of the blueprint for change project. I was also provided with information on the progress towards converting the blueprint for change project into business as usual into the future, and this forms the information I have just provided to the Assembly in this ministerial statement.
At the final oversight committee meeting I also had the privilege of awarding Mr Place an ACTAS meritorious service medal. I did this on behalf of ACTAS in recognition of Mr Place’s professionalism, strategic leadership and support of ACTAS through the oversight committee.
As the project enters its final stage, ACTAS is extremely well positioned to deliver the remaining outcomes. As mentioned, it will now transition from the oversight committee to the governance and compliance committee. The new committee will seek the input of independent representatives to ensure that a variety of perspectives continue to be considered in the final delivery phases.
In addition to Mr Place, I want to pass on my gratitude to all of the members of the oversight committee for their significant contribution in progressing the recommendations of the blueprint for change project.
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