[LINK] web: One Public Service, 200 systems, hundreds of millions wasted

[Tom Worthington]

On 30/04/15 19:46, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:

> ... the roots of the problem go to Ministerial responsibilities as
> prescribed in the Constitution.  ...

The Constitution does not say much about what ministers do, or what 
departments there are. It says there will be initially up to seven 
Ministers and that some departments will be transferred from the states 
(Posts, defence, Lighthouses, Quarantine and customs): 
http://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Senate/Powers_practice_n_procedures/Constitution/chapter2

Even if there were restrictions on what each department did, I can't see 
that would stop them sharing support functions, such as HR.


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