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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