Before it disappears from the website, let's remind ourselves of Dr Bruce Flegg's Ministerial Charter letter from Premier Campbell Newman........
10
April 2012
The
Honourable Dr Bruce Flegg MP
Minister
for Housing and Public Works
Level
7, 80 George Street
BRISBANE
QLD 4000
Dear
Minister
Ministerial
Deliverables
Congratulations
on your success in the electorate of Moggill and thank you for accepting my
invitation to serve Queensland as the Minister for Housing and Public Works.
Our
electoral success was achieved with a strong cohesive CanDo team committed to real change, and your contribution to the
team played a significant part.
Queenslanders have voted for change, and it is critical that we respect
the trust bestowed on us by delivering on our commitments to grow a four pillar
economy, lower the cost of living by cutting waste, deliver better
infrastructure and better planning, revitalise front line services for
families, restore accountability in Government and work towards our goal of
achieving 4% unemployment in six years.
For
this reason, I am writing to each Minister outlining my expectations of the
priority tasks to be achieved to deliver on our election commitments. You and your Department have a vital role to
play in the reform program, as reflected in the following tasks for which I am
requesting you to take responsibility.
I
expect that at all times Ministers will demonstrate to the public the
capabilities and behaviours that will define us as the Government we undertook
to be – united, energetic, disciplined and ethical. I refer you to the
Queensland Cabinet Handbook, the Queensland Ministerial Handbook, the
Queensland Executive Council Handbook, the Queensland Parliamentary Procedures
Handbook and the Queensland Legislation Handbook.
First Term Tasks
The
following tasks within your area of Ministerial responsibility are to be achieved
within the first term of Government.
·
Implement
all LNP election policy commitments relevant to your portfolio.
·
Identify
wasteful expenditure that could be redirected to front line services.
·
Provide
public housing and public works advice, projects and services as required to
implement LNP election policies.
·
Ensure
that all operations within the Department are targeted to enable effective and
efficient delivery of frontline services and develop a plan to enable this best
business practice to continue.
·
Work
with the Minister for Education, Training and Employment to achieve targets set
for training of apprentices and trainees as required for implementation of
recommendations of the Skills and Training Taskforce.
·
Review
and reform arrangements for licensing and regulation in the building industry
including taking account of the 2011 KPMG review of the Building Services
Authority.
·
Audit
all current Departmental processes and arrangements for provision of public
housing with respect to their effectiveness and efficiency in meeting public
housing needs.
·
Develop
and implement a broad and integrated strategy to meet the need for public
housing including arrangements with the private sector and utilising
Commonwealth funding to best advantage.
·
Implement
the LNP’s election commitment to cut waste by reducing travel, advertising and
consultancy expenditure.
·
Implement
the LNP’s election commitment for sustainable public sector growth.
·
Implement
the LNP’s election commitment to reduce red tape.
·
Continue to establish effective working relationships with
stakeholders and other interest groups relevant to your portfolio areas.
Could
you please consult with your Director-General to ensure these goals are
understood by the Department and that systems are in place to monitor and
report on progress towards their achievement, so that you are able to update
Cabinet regularly. In this regard, the Department of Premier and Cabinet will
be responsible for coordinating reports to Cabinet on progress, and will assist
your Department with proposed reporting formats.
I
intend to review this charter and your efforts to implement it regularly.
Finally,
I congratulate you again on your appointment and I look forward to working
closely with you as a Ministerial colleague as we implement our policies and
achieve the goal of providing a CanDo Government to get Queensland back on
track.
Yours
sincerely
CAMPBELL NEWMAN
PREMIER OF
QUEENSLAND
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