The Department of Premier and Cabinet focuses on the big Government issues. Whether it's dealing with major community initiatives or setting the agenda for public sector management, we have a leadership role.
The Department provides strategic advice and services to the Premier and Government, drives the State Plan, manages statewide issues and projects, drafts and publishes legislation, manages public sector staff and resources and ensures a whole-of-government approach.
We focus on Government initiatives such as The State Plan, regulatory reform, performance reviews and service delivery improvement. We undertake sector wide activities that must be located centrally like disaster management. We coordinate improvements in infrastructure delivery, particularly major projects and industry and business development. We manage workforce reforms and employee relations. We provide services essential to support the machinery of government like ministerial services, parliamentary counsel, cabinet secretariat and policy support.
The Government is commited to improving the services it delivers to the people of NSW. The State Plan is the blueprint of how the Government intends to achieve these improvements. The Plan sets clear goals across five areas of activity and has quantifiable targets for each. To ensure the community is kept informed progress reports are available. Visit the State Plan website.
The Better Regulation Office has been established in the Department of Premier and Cabinet to support the Minister for Regulatory Reform in his role as champion for better regulation. The Office is the key structure through which the Government will implement its State Plan Priority of cutting red tape. For more information check out the Better Regulation Office site.
One of the most significant issues facing NSW into the future is how we secure our energy supplies. The Owen Inquiry into electricity found that NSW would need additional baseload generation capacity by 2013-14.
Premier Morris Iemma on 10 December 2007 announced changes to secure the future energy needs of the State’s businesses and families. The Premier has also established a Consultative Reference Committee to test the impacts of changes to the State’s electricity industry which the NSW Government announced last year.
For the latest information, visit the NSW Government Energy website.
