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Annual Report 2004–05

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Outlook

Relationship with Department of Parliamentary Services

The department’s evolving relationship with the Department of Parliamentary Services (DPS) will have an important influence on our ability to deliver services to the Chamber, committees and members. The DPS supports the department with services that are crucial to our being able to perform our roles effectively. We have insisted, and will continue to insist, that DPS consults us about any decisions that may impinge on members or on our ability to deliver services to members. We will work with DPS to develop mechanisms that allow us to be involved more directly in DPS decision-making as it relates to us.

The DPS has claimed, in correspondence between the Secretary of the DPS and the Clerk of the House, that the DPS has not received sufficient appropriation in the transfer of security funding. The Clerk has responded that the level of appropriation transferred was consistent with the appropriation received by the department for the function, and was also consistent with the amount that had been agreed between the chamber departments and the DPS as the maximum amount the chamber departments would pay the DPS to provide the security function at the time the chamber departments were funded for the function.

Agreement-making round

During the first half of the year significant attention will be given to developing the department’s next certified agreement and Australian Workplace Agreements. The existing certified agreement has a nominal expiry date of 31 December 2005, and the department expects to make a seamless transition to the next agreement, proposed to commence on 1 January 2006.

The department is committed to providing pay and employment conditions that meet its people strategies, particularly in attracting and retaining staff that have the skills, capabilities and commitment we need to succeed. This will enable current and emerging requirements to be met and enable the department to best serve the House and the Parliament.

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