SHARED SERVICES

Mr GRIFFITHS (Goyder) (15:00): Has the Minister for Industrial Relations received a copy of the independent study into the Queensland government's ailing shared services agency and what changes will he make to the already delayed shared services reforms in South Australia?

The Hon. K.O. Foley interjecting:

Mr GRIFFITHS: They are delayed. A University of Southern Queensland report, released under freedom of information, has revealed that the Queensland state Labor government's $130 million a year shared services agency is in disarray. The report identifies a series of failures in the concept of centralising administrative functions into a separate agency, similar to the problems experienced in Western Australia.

The Hon. M.J. WRIGHT (Lee—Minister for Industrial Relations, Minister for Finance, Minister for Government Enterprises, Minister for Recreation, Sport and Racing) (15:01): Shared services is an important initiative of this government. It is going to be done carefully and properly and, as a part of that process, obviously we have learnt from the experiences of Western Australia and Queensland. We have also looked at other jurisdictions, whether they be in the public or private sector. But as we have said before, this is an important initiative of government which I think, from memory, is going to deliver $60 million in savings from 2009-10 onwards. So, of course, we will learn from what has happened in Queensland and Western Australia, and in other jurisdictions.