WA LABOR
Delivering Real
Outcomes
A GOVERNMENT FOR YOU
WA Labor Policy
December 2016
DELIVERING
REAL OUTCOMES
DELIVERING REAL OUTCOMES FOR THE COMMUNITY
A McGowan Labor Government will drive a change in culture
within the public sector and break down the silos that exist to
deliver real outcomes for the community.
The delivery of services often involves coordination between
multiple government departments and individuals, business and
community organisations. Whether that be to support people
with complex social issues or for a company wanting to develop
a parcel of land, effective communication across all layers of
government is critical to delivering outcomes for people and
businesses.
A McGowan Labor Government will ensure that there is better
integration in the delivery of services across multiple government
agencies and will develop up to 20 KPIs which will be the key
priorities of the new government and the standard by which the
new government will be measured.
Delivering on the KPIs will be linked to 20 per cent of the salaries
of Directors General and Chief Executive Officers.
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To assist with the process of reforming the Government, a Service
Priority Review will be undertaken. The focus of the review
will reduce the number of Government agencies and people
employed in the Senior Executive Service (SES).
There has been a dramatic and unsustainable increase in
recurrent expenditure under the Liberal Government including a
36 per cent increase in the number of SES positions.
Ratings agencies have noted a failure to control and constrain the
level of spending growth within the public sector.
The refocussing of government will deliver real outcomes for
business and the community and put the State Budget back on
a sustainable footing.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
A McGowan Labor Government will:
• Introduce a maximum of 20 KPIs that will drive a change in culture in the public
sector and break down the silos across government.
• Measure the success of Directors General and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs)
by linking 20 per cent of their salary to the achievement of the KPIs.
• Reduce the number of Senior Executive Service positions by 20 per cent.
• Undertake a Service Priority Review of government, with a target of reducing the
number of agencies by 20 per cent with a focus on the delivery of quality services
to the community.
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Key Performance Indicators Linked to Salary
A McGowan Labor Government is committed to delivering cultural
POTENTIAL KPIs
•
change within the public sector by breaking down the silos of
Reduce the use of
methamphetamines.
government.
•
A maximum of 20 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) will be developed,
Reduce the incidence of family
and domestic violence.
which will focus on ensuring that there is a more effective delivery of
services to the community and support for economic activity and job
•
diabetes.
creation.
The KPIs will be determined by Cabinet.
Reduce the rates of type 2
•
Increase the number of local
jobs created on government
Performance Agreements for Directors General will also be introduced
projects including METRONET.
with across government structured KPIs linked to 20 per cent of salary.
•
Increase the share of
The KPIs will be assessed by the Director General of the Department
international and interstate
of Premier and Cabinet and the Public Sector Commissioner who will
leisure tourists visiting WA.
provide advice to Cabinet. The Directors General will be measured
against these criteria to ensure that there is real change.
•
More affordable housing linked
to public transport.
To assist in assessing performance and monitoring of the KPIs, the
relevant industry bodies and stakeholders will be consulted in the
process for their input.
•
Deliver more local jobs on
government work in regional
WA.
The KPIs will be at the forefront of government priorities and decision
making and address the underlying issues affecting the health and
Final KPIs will be determined by
wellbeing of the community.
Cabinet.
This approach will be reflected in our relationship with the
community services sector to ensure that we maximise every
opportunity to deliver quality services to the community. See our
policy Supporting Communities at www.markmcgowan.com.au/
supportingcommunities
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Service Priority Review
Examples of proposed mergers
The Service Priority Review will be requested to
1. Treasury and Finance
examine in detail, and provide recommendations,
2. Planning and Transport
around machinery of government reform. The Review
3. Department for Economic Development (State
will be tasked with identifying efficiencies in government
Development and Mines and Petroleum,
that will, when complete, reduce the recurrent costs
potentially, some of Department of Commerce)
of providing government by hundreds of millions of
dollars.
Under the Barnett Government there has been a
significant increase in the number of government
bodies up from 166 in 2008 to 267 in 2016.1
This will require significant reform underpinned by
a focus on reducing the complexities of government
while maintaining service delivery standards to the
community.
The Review will have a target of reducing agencies by
20 per cent, to focus more on delivering real outcomes
across the State.
Under the Liberal Government there has been a 36 per
cent increase in the number of people employed in the
Senior Executive Service increasing from 374 to 510.
The Review will commence upon coming into
As part of the process of reforming government a 20
government and the recommendations of the review
per cent reduction in the Senior Executive Service will
will be implemented within the first term of government.
be implemented as a priority.
The Review will undertake an extensive audit of the
It is important to emphasise that the consolidation of
current configuration of the public sector, making
Government agencies will not specifically be driven
recommendations on the following:
by savings but by the ability to deliver a more efficient
•
the consolidation of agencies into departments
aligned with the strategic imperatives of the State
Government;
•
reducing the use of ad hoc contract for service
arrangements by prioritising the attraction and
retention of a skilled workforce focussed on service
delivery;
•
realising economies in public sector administration
KPIs for Directors General linked to 20 per cent
the
ongoing
commodities-based Western Australian economy.
Senior Executive Service (SES) Numbers in the
Liberal National Government2
530
490
470
450
salary; and
•
challenges presented by the cyclical and largely
510
by reducing bureaucracy and red tape;
•
and robust public service better placed to address
430
410
390
implementation
a
whole-of-
government digital strategy.
1
WA Budget Paper Three, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, May 2016 and ‘Putting the Public
First’ Final Report, WA Parliament Economic Audit Committee, Published October 2009
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350
September
2008
2
January
2009
May
2010
August
2014
September
2016
Figures taken from yearly Public Sector Commission Estimates Hearings
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Delivering Real Outcomes
A Government for You
Delivering Real Outcomes for the Community
Key Performance Indicators Linked to Salary
Service Priority Review
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