The Commonwealth government initiates a wide range of inquiries emanating from the Federal Parliament, various Commissions, special inquiries etc. The majority of these seek Input from States. Requests to New South Wales for submissions to these inquiries can vary from approaches to the Read of Government, or to the relevant Minister or directly to Departments.

It is the responsibility of The Cabinet Office to co-ordinate the response from this State to all Commonwealth government inquiries.

It should be noted that State responses to these inquiries are not always necessary.

In the past submissions to such inquiries have varied from very lengthy and detailed documents to short incisive submissions, not always reflecting the importance to New South Wales of theinquiry.

You should ensure that all requests for State submissions to Commonwealth government Inquiries are referred to The Cabinet Office so that a decision can be made on the appropriate level of response required.All submissions to inquiries should be forwarded to The Cabinet Office prior to despatch to the Commonwealth.

It would be appreciated if you would draw this matter to the attention of all organisations within your administration.

Nick Greiner
Premier