Reporting and Workforce Management Obligations for the Public Service Commissioner
Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
Legislative Council
Legislative Assembly
Assent
Topics
diversity and equity employment standards government accountability government workforce merit based recruitment public service workplace ethics
Introduced by: The Hon John Graham MLC (ALP); Jo Haylen MP (ALP)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Debate
What different members said when this bill was debated:
Eleni Petinos LIB
“I contribute to debate on the Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. I state from the outset that the Opposition does not support the bill. The Public Service Commissioner is an integral mechanism providing oversight of the appropriate composition and size of the New South Wales public service.”
David Saliba ALP
“I speak in support of the Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. The main purpose of the bill is to, firstly, amend the Government Sector Employment Act 2013, known as the GSE Act, to provide that certain functions are no longer to be exercised by the Public Service Commissioner.”
Edmond Atalla ALP
“I make a brief contribution in support of the Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. The object of the bill is to amend the functions and objectives of the Public Service Commissioner and the Secretary of the Premier’s Department under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.”
Greg Warren ALP
“I am delighted to make a brief contribution to debate on the Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024. The bill amends the functions and objectives of the Public Service Commissioner and the Secretary of the Premier’s Department under the Government Sector Employment Act 2013.”
Jo Haylen ALP
“I particularly thank the member for Campbelltown for that impassioned speech, which I welcome. I briefly reflect on the claim made by the member for Miranda that the bill would not assist in our budget management. The Government rejects that assertion because the core purpose of the bill is to reform the functions around government sector employment.”
News articles and press releases
Government Sector Employment and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
The Hon. JOHN GRAHAM, Minister for Roads — 2024-06-06
First, the bill proposes amendments to give effect to the interim findings by amending the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 to provide that certain functions are no longer to be exercised by the Public Service Commissioner. Second, the bill also amends the NSW Reconstruction Authority Act 2022 in relation to the appointment of the CEO of the NSW Reconstruction Authority. Third, the bill also makes other minor miscellaneous amendments. Schedule 1 to the bill omits the commissioner’s objectives and functions that do not require statutory independence.