Legislative Council Fifty-Third Parliament, Second Session (53-2) 53 2 Parliament of South Australia Legislative Council published Question Time Public Service Public Service The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council Public Service The Hon. J.A. DARLEY (15:21): I seek leave to make a brief explanation before asking the Minister for Police a question about the Public Service. Leave granted. The Hon. J.A. DARLEY Legislative Council The Hon. J.A. DARLEY: As I mentioned last week, the Premier recently outlined at least three times in the media that he wanted to improve the performance of the public sector. At the Budget and Finance Committee meeting recently, the Chief Executive of the Department of Premier and Cabinet outlined things being done to improve performance in their department. Can the minister advise what is being done to improve the performance of the Public Service in his agencies and departments, including senior management levels? The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS Legislative Council Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety The Hon. P. MALINAUSKAS (Minister for Police, Minister for Correctional Services, Minister for Emergency Services, Minister for Road Safety) (15:22): The Premier has made it very clear that he expects ministers to be playing a role in terms of making sure that our Public Service is operating as efficiently and productively as possible, which of course at a ministerial level speaks to our engagement with chief executives. I (including at a point later this week) have had meetings with each of my chief executives to talk about performance management of themselves to ensure there is that ministerial accountability between chief executives and ministers, to ensure they are pursuing productivity and to make sure they are getting on with the business of officially managing their own agencies. I think the honourable member asked me the question in the context of being the Minister for Police; of course that is a conversation that is taking place between myself and the Commissioner of Police as well.