Review's Terms of Reference
Read through the Terms of Reference describing the purpose and scope of the review. You can also see the public submissions on the Terms of Reference.
Background and scope
The Queensland Government will undertake a review of all government boards, committees and statutory authorities (hereinafter referred to as "government bodies").
Unless directed by the Premier, this review will not consider:
- interdepartmental advisory committees
- independent statutory office holders such as those listed in section 67 of the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
- Government Owned Corporations (GOCs)
- those tribunals that have been the subject of a separate review, and
- those events related bodies that are the subject of a separate review.
Purpose of the review
The review will aim to:
- reduce bureaucracy and unnecessary red tape;
- improve the overall efficiency of government bodies; and
- maintain the integrity and security of necessary regulatory functions.
Review outcomes
The outcome of the review will be delivered in two stages.
Part A will consider the current framework of government bodies, and recommend a governance decision-making model for improving the relevance, efficiency and effectiveness of the roles and functions currently being performed by government bodies.
Informed by the recommended option delivered in Part A, Part B will identify and recommend to the Premier:
- those government bodies that are working efficiently
- those government bodies that are no longer necessary and can be abolished immediately
- the work of any government bodies that can be merged into the functions of an existing government department
- whether there are other bodies that carry out similar or complementary functions and, if so, whether the functions of the government bodies can be transferred to one of these other bodies
- those government bodies for which longer term strategies may be considered, for example, delivery of function by an alternative manner
- a process for the establishment of any future government bodies, which takes into consideration the need for a new body given that existing bodies may be able to perform the proposed functions.
Last reviewed: 17 July, 2009
Last updated: 22 July, 2009
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