Page 3426 - Week 10 - Tuesday, 17 September 2019
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provide a high level of service to our community into the future. The ACTÂ government has allocated funding in the 2019-20 budget for an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural project associated with the new office buildings, and consultation is being undertaken with traditional custodians on this project.
As Minister for Government Services and Procurement, I have carriage of a range of activities that impact across Canberra, both with the public and within government agencies. These things may not be the shiny, popular topics we talk about when hanging out with our friends, but they are the things that keep our government ticking over. Procurement ACT is responsible for providing advice and support to implement the Government Procurement Act 2001 and the Government Procurement Regulation 2007.
An important initiative of this government has been the secure local jobs code, which has changed the way the government awards contracts by supporting businesses that do the right thing by their workers. We are now expanding the secure local jobs code so that from 7 November this year businesses that want to provide services worth more than $200,000 to the ACT government will need a secure local jobs code certificate. The change will mostly apply to community and social service industries, and I will be working with ACTCOSS and other stakeholders to achieve a smooth implementation.
Throughout 2019-20 Procurement ACT will focus on further development and the announcement of procurement processes and practices to give effect to the securing local jobs package and embedding the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander procurement policy throughout the public service, which will encourage territory entities to identify and address barriers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander enterprises in their procurement processes.
Finally, I wish to speak to the important roles that Shared Services and the ACTÂ Insurance Authority play in our public service. Shared Services provides a range of ICT and corporate services for ACT government agencies, and it supports the important work of our public servants. The ACT Insurance Authority works to protect the assets and services of the territory by providing risk management support and insurance. In 2019 and 2020 each will keep working, together with the rest of the public service, to keep on delivering more and more innovative ways to serve this community.
I look forward to working with and for all Canberrans. Be they individual people with disability, their families, volunteers, working Canberrans, Canberra businesses, property and procurement services, service providers or the commonwealth, I will work with them to achieve our goal to provide the greatest opportunity for people living in our inclusive and vibrant city.
At the start of this statement I mentioned the recurring theme of the priorities of my portfolios. I am so proud to serve in a Labor government that continues to invest in our community to ensure that all Canberrans have opportunities to participate and be included. I present the following paper:
Ministerial priorities—Ministerial statement, 17 September 2019.
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