MANAGING THE PARLIAMENT THE WAY AHEAD

MANAGING THE PARLIAMENT THE WAY AHEAD

REPORT BY A WORKING GROUP TO THE HEADS OF THE PARLIAMENTARY DEPARTMENTS
17 MARCH 1997

17 March 1997

© Commonwealth of Australia 1997

View the report as separate downloadable parts:

Letter of transmittal  
 
Recommendations and suggestions  

 

Chapter1 - Introduction  

Previous initiatives, Presiding Officers' statement and aims
Terms of Reference
Other two-department models
Staging of integration
Senate Appropriations and Staffing Committee

Chapter 2 - Management Structure  

Allocation of functions
Management roles and consultative mechanisms
Delivery of joint services
Proposed management structures
Parliament House design integrity

Chapter 3 - Implementation Plan  

Financial legislation
Personnel legislation
Funding in 1997-98 Budget
Impact on staff
Consultation with staff and staff associations
Integration of corporate management
Proposed timetable of activities

Appendix 1 - A brief history of previous attempts to amalgamate the administration of the Commonwealth Parliament  

 

Appendix 2 - Presiding Officers' statements  
 
Appendix 3 - Other models of Parliamentary administration  

 

Appendix 4 - Working group meeting with staff and associations 14 March 1997  

 

Appendix 5 - Rationalisation of the Parliamentary Departments proposed timetable of activities