Administrative Requirements

To assist in the forward planning of the Government's Legislative Program, it is necessary that details be provided of those legislative matters which Ministers intend to bring to Parliament in the 2004 Spring Sittings.

The New South Wales Government's 2003 Report to the National Competition Council on the application of National Competition Policy in New South Wales is now available online on The Cabinet Office website (http://www.cabinet.nsw.gov.au/).

The GPR was established by the NSW Government in 1988 to facilitate management of its property assets and provide an overview of the Government's land holdings for planning purposes.

As you will be aware, the Freedom of Information Amendment (Terrorism and Criminal Intelligence) Act 2004 (the Act) was recently passed by Parliament.

Practising certificates for legal officers employed in New South Wales are to be renewed in the immediate future.

Consistent with the Government's objective of achieving savings across the public sector a more consolidated approach will be adopted for the provision of media monitoring services to Government.

Section 12(1) of the State Records Act 1998 requires public offices to 'make and keep full and accurate records'.

Section 12 (2) of the State Records Act 1998 requires each public office to 'establish and maintain a records management program for the public office'.

The Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 introduced a new category of casual employment within the public service.

New charges for SES/Senior Officer motor vehicles, inclusive of GST where applicable, effective from 1 April 2004, are as follows: STANDING COSTS: $ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Comprehensive Insurance (includes GST) Passenger Vehicles 786.504WD 746.90 Compulsory Third Party Insurance (includes GST) Sydney 359.00Wollongong 323.00 Newcastle 287.00 Country 280.00 Registration Fee - based on Tare Weight (GST exempt) up to 975 kg 289.00 976 - 1154 kg 318.00 1155 - 1504 kg 364.00 1505 - 2504 kg 525.00 NRMA Membership (includes GST) Joining Fee/Membership Fee 62.00 Subscription Renewal 62.00 RUNNING COSTS (fuel, tyres, servicing and repairs) Cents per kilometre -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Passenger Vehicles Hybrid Vehicle (Toyota Prius) 7.62 4 Cylinders (Up to and including 2 litres) 10.76 (Over 2 litres) 11.60 6 Cylinders (Commodore, Falcon, Magna) 13.85 LPG Vehicles (Falcon, Magna) 11.61 Performance Sedans (SS Commodore, Falcon XR6 Turbo) 18.30 Executive (Statesman, Fairlane, LTD) 17.86 All Wheel Drive (Magna, Liberty) 14.60 Four Wheel Drive Small (Forester, Outback) 15.48 Medium (Pajero, Prado) 18.33 Large (Landcruiser, Patrol) 19.24 All remuneration packages should continue to be costed to include the parking space levy (where applicable), fringe benefits tax and either the vehicle's standard operating lease offered by State Fleet Services or the lease fee specified in the Deed of Novation (as appropriate).