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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1988
THEY HAD BEEN BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE
BETTER VALUE FOR MONEY.
NEED TO GIVE THE PUBLIC
AND
DEMANDS BY THE PUBLIC FOR NEW HE SAID THE EVER INCREASING SERVICES WERE FORCING THE GOVERNMENT TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS EFFICIENCY OF THE SERVICES IT DELIVERED.
THESE PRESSURES
ON
RESOURCES HAD
HIGHLIGHTED
IMPROVE THE ARRANGEMENTS PRIORITIES.
FOR
THE
THE
OF DETERMINATION
NEED COMPETING
то
AGO, то LIKELY
BE LINKED INTO A THE BID FOR
THE INTRODUCTION OF THE MEDIUM RANGE FORECAST A FEW YEARS
1S MONEY WHICH GIVES A GLOBAL INDICATION OF HOW MUCH AVAILABLE OVER A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD, HAS RECENTLY BEEN
SYSTEM IN WHICH SECRETARIES NEW RESOURCE ALLOCATION AVAILABLE RESOURCES INDICATED AS BEING AVAILABLE IN THE FORECAST.
IN THIS WAY DECISIONS AS TO HOW AND ON SPENT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVELY TRANSFERRED FROM SECRETARIES.
MONEY WHAT
FINANCE THE
MR YAXLEY SAID ANOTHER IMPROVEMENT IN THE PROCESS WAS THAT IN THE CURRENT YEAR'S EXERCISE, SUBMIT OPTIONS INVITED HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS TO CURRENT EXPENDITURE BY UP TO TWO PER CENT A YEAR PERIOD.
"THE INTENTION
OF
WAS THIS
ACTIVITIES
SHOULD BE BRANCH
TO
RESOURCE ALLOCATION THE FINANCE BRANCH FOR
THEIR REDUCING OVER THE FORECAST
THE ACTIVE ΤΟ ENCOURAGE
WHICH MIGHT BE OPEN TO IDENTIFICATION OF SERVICES AND
LIGHT OF CHANGING IMPROVEMENTS IN EFFICIENCY OR WHICH MIGHT, IN THE
ONCE DID, HE CIRCUMSTANCES, NOW ATTRACT A LOWER PRIORITY THAN THEY SAID. THE FUNDS ADDED COULD THEN BE DIRECTED TO MORE PRODUCTIVE USE.
"
MR YAXLEY
THE THAT EXPLAINED
CONCEPT
OF
VALUE FOR MONEY WAS ACHIEVED BY
REQUIRED THAT A RIGOROUS ASSESSMENT BE MADE OF WHAT SPENDING PUBLIC MONEY.
NEW EMPHASIS
WE ON VALUE, "AS PART OF THE DRIVE TO PLACE A
TO TO
THE SHOULD
EXPLAIN WE
DO MORE THAT DECIDED LAST YEAR
SPEND THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, NOT SO MUCH WHAT WE WERE PROPOSING TO
ACHIEVE TO
WITH
TAXPAYERS THE MONEY ON, BUT RATHER WHAT WE HOPED MONEY." HE SAID.
+
THE EMPHASIS IN THE PAST HAD BEEN ON ACTIVITY WHAT THE ACTIVITY WAS INTENDED TO ACHIEVE.
RATHER THAN ON
ALONG
WITH
THIS
NEW
EMPHASIS
ON
THE DETERMINATION OF PERFORMANCE MEASURES COUNCIL WOULD BE ABLE TO JUDGE JUST HOW SUCCESSFUL THE HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS HAD BEEN.
BY
OBJECTIVES
WOULD
BE
WHICH THE LEGISLATIVE
OR OTHERWISE
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/MR YAXLEY