Administrative Requirements

From 1 July 2003 Commonwealth legislation requires employers to make superannuation guarantee (SG) contributions at least quarterly and to provide written advice to each employee following every SG contribution.

Her Excellency the Governor and the Executive Council has made an Order establishing HealthQuest as a statutory health corporation under the Health Services Act 1997.

I am pleased to advise that the Personnel Handbook has been updated, as at March 2003, and is now available on the Premier's Department website - www.dpc.nsw.gov.au The updated version reflects: the new Crown Employees (Conditions of Employment) Award made in December 2002; amendments to the Crown Employees (Transferred Employees Compensation) Award; the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 and the supporting regulations; and the changed provisions relating to 'Fitness to Continue Assessment Procedures' that were issued as Premier's Memorandum 2001-11.

Circular 2001-46 requires agencies to establish and implement a risk management based information security management program in accordance with national standards.

Since September 11, 2001 Australia's counter terrorism level of alert has been "Special CT Risk".

Circular 2002-05 provided information about the introduction of the "position code" field within the Workforce Profile Data Collection (WP).

In recent months a number of people worldwide, particularly in South East Asia, have developed Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS).

Guidelines for official travel and air travel bookings are detailed in Circular 99-60.

New charges for SES/Senior Officer motor vehicles, inclusive of GST where applicable, effective from 1 April 2003, are as follows: STANDING COSTS: $ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Comprehensive Insurance (includes GST) Passenger Vehicles 796.40 4WD 756.80 Compulsory 3rd Party Insurance (includes GST) Sydney 331.00 Wollongong 305.00 Newcastle 265.00 Country 258.00 Registration Fee - based on Tare Weight (GST exempt) up to 975 kg 281.00 976 - 1154 kg 310.00 1155 - 1504 kg 354.00 1505 - 2504 kg 512.00 NRMA Membership (includes GST) Joining Fee 55.00 Subscription Renewal 55.00 RUNNING COSTS (fuel, tyres, servicing and repairs) Cents per kilometre ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Passenger Sedans 4 cylinders under 2 litres 11.14 2 litres and over 13.19 6 cylinders 14.22 6 cylinders(supercharged 3.8L) Commodore S only 15.90 6 cylinders (supercharged 3.8L) Berlina/Calais 16.14 6 cylinders (Dual fuel LPG/Petrol) Magna 3.5L LPG 11.29 6 cylinders (LPG only) Ford Falcon 4.0L LPG 11.60 8 cylinders all V8s not included in V8 executive category 17.22 8 cylinder executive Holden Statesman, Ford LTD 18.10 4 Wheel Drive (includes AWD) Small up to and including 3 litres Petrol manual 13.20 Petrol automatic 14.29 Diesel manual 14.68 Diesel automatic 15.84 Large over 3 litres Petrol manual 22.16 Petrol automatic 23.52 Petrol manual Pajero 3.5L V6 only 19.80 Petrol automatic Pajero 3.5L V6 only 19.92 Diesel manual 20.74 Diesel manual Pajero 3.2L turbo only 15.25 Diesel automatic Pajero 3.2L turbo only 16.70 Diesel automatic (non turbo) 20.24 Diesel automatic (turbo-charged) 20.74 All remuneration packages should continue to be costed to include the parking space levy (where applicable), fringe benefits tax and either the vehicles standard operating lease offered by State Fleet Services or the lease fee specified in the Deed of Novation (as appropriate).

Celebrations will be held in Tamworth and Newcastle on Saturday 5 July and in Taree, Dubbo and Sydney on Sunday 6 July 2003.