There has been an organisational reshuffle within the public sector following the NSW election.
The changes are detailed in the Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes – Public Service Agencies) Order 2015.
Some of the major changes in brief:
- The abolition of the Department of Trade and Investment, Regional Infrastructure and Services and the establishment of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development
- The abolition of The Ministry for Police and Emergency Services with staff shifting to the Department of Justice
- The Department of Family and Community Services changes name to the Department of Communities
- The Office of Communities, with the exception of the Office of Aboriginal Affairs, moves from the Department of Education and Communities to the new Department of Communities
- The Department of Education and Communities changes name to the Department of Education
- The Office of Veterans’ Affairs transfers from the Department of Premier and Cabinet to the Department of Justice
- Women NSW transfers from the Department of Family and Community Services to the Ministry of Health
- The Office of Finance and Services changes name to the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation
- Staff employed in the Sydney Harbour Foreshore Authority transfer to the Department of Finance, Services and Innovation.
To read the Administrative Arrangements (Administrative Changes-Public Service Agencies) Order 2015 in full click HERE.