sec.4How main purpose is primarily achieved

### sec.4 How main purpose is primarily achieved The main purpose of this Act is to be achieved primarily by— ensuring the public sector is responsive to the community it serves by— promoting a spirit of service to the community; and providing for the appointment of chief executives and the employment of senior executives to provide the public service with high-performing, future-focused leadership; and providing for the employment and administration of the public service; and taking measures to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities; and establishing the Public Sector Commission and providing for the appointment of a Public Sector Commissioner to enhance the public sector’s human resource management and capability; and establishing the Public Sector Governance Council to provide oversight of public sector governance; and establishing a shared responsibility for the effective stewardship of the public sector between the Public Sector Governance Council, the Public Sector Commissioner and chief executives of departments; and creating a public sector that supports the State government in reframing its relationship with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples by— ensuring public sector entities recognise the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and ensuring public sector entities actively promote the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and creating a public sector that ensures fairness in the employment relationship and fair treatment of its employees by— providing for the key rights, obligations and employment arrangements of public sector employees; and maximising employment security and permanency of employment; and taking steps to promote equity, diversity, respect and inclusion in employment, including for diversity target groups; and ensuring a high-performing and diverse workforce, through fair and transparent, merit-based selection processes; and ensuring fair and accountable decision-making, including by providing public sector employees with access to fair and independent reviews and appeals; and setting a positive performance management framework for public sector employees; and fixing principles to guide public sector managers, and the work performance and personal conduct of public sector employees; and establishing a high-performing, apolitical public sector by effective stewardship that— responds to the needs of the community and the government; and maintains accountability, impartiality and integrity, while supporting the public interest, and when giving advice to the government; and focuses on the delivery of services and government programs; and supports the government in making and implementing decisions about public policy while harnessing creativity and innovation; and ensures public resources are managed efficiently and their use is accountable. (sec.4-ssec) The main purpose of this Act is to be achieved primarily by— ensuring the public sector is responsive to the community it serves by— promoting a spirit of service to the community; and providing for the appointment of chief executives and the employment of senior executives to provide the public service with high-performing, future-focused leadership; and providing for the employment and administration of the public service; and taking measures to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities; and establishing the Public Sector Commission and providing for the appointment of a Public Sector Commissioner to enhance the public sector’s human resource management and capability; and establishing the Public Sector Governance Council to provide oversight of public sector governance; and establishing a shared responsibility for the effective stewardship of the public sector between the Public Sector Governance Council, the Public Sector Commissioner and chief executives of departments; and creating a public sector that supports the State government in reframing its relationship with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples by— ensuring public sector entities recognise the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and ensuring public sector entities actively promote the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and creating a public sector that ensures fairness in the employment relationship and fair treatment of its employees by— providing for the key rights, obligations and employment arrangements of public sector employees; and maximising employment security and permanency of employment; and taking steps to promote equity, diversity, respect and inclusion in employment, including for diversity target groups; and ensuring a high-performing and diverse workforce, through fair and transparent, merit-based selection processes; and ensuring fair and accountable decision-making, including by providing public sector employees with access to fair and independent reviews and appeals; and setting a positive performance management framework for public sector employees; and fixing principles to guide public sector managers, and the work performance and personal conduct of public sector employees; and establishing a high-performing, apolitical public sector by effective stewardship that— responds to the needs of the community and the government; and maintains accountability, impartiality and integrity, while supporting the public interest, and when giving advice to the government; and focuses on the delivery of services and government programs; and supports the government in making and implementing decisions about public policy while harnessing creativity and innovation; and ensures public resources are managed efficiently and their use is accountable. - (a) ensuring the public sector is responsive to the community it serves by— (i) promoting a spirit of service to the community; and (ii) providing for the appointment of chief executives and the employment of senior executives to provide the public service with high-performing, future-focused leadership; and (iii) providing for the employment and administration of the public service; and (iv) taking measures to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities; and (v) establishing the Public Sector Commission and providing for the appointment of a Public Sector Commissioner to enhance the public sector’s human resource management and capability; and (vi) establishing the Public Sector Governance Council to provide oversight of public sector governance; and (vii) establishing a shared responsibility for the effective stewardship of the public sector between the Public Sector Governance Council, the Public Sector Commissioner and chief executives of departments; and - (i) promoting a spirit of service to the community; and - (ii) providing for the appointment of chief executives and the employment of senior executives to provide the public service with high-performing, future-focused leadership; and - (iii) providing for the employment and administration of the public service; and - (iv) taking measures to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities; and - (v) establishing the Public Sector Commission and providing for the appointment of a Public Sector Commissioner to enhance the public sector’s human resource management and capability; and - (vi) establishing the Public Sector Governance Council to provide oversight of public sector governance; and - (vii) establishing a shared responsibility for the effective stewardship of the public sector between the Public Sector Governance Council, the Public Sector Commissioner and chief executives of departments; and - (b) creating a public sector that supports the State government in reframing its relationship with Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples by— (i) ensuring public sector entities recognise the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and (ii) ensuring public sector entities actively promote the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and - (i) ensuring public sector entities recognise the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and - (ii) ensuring public sector entities actively promote the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and - (c) creating a public sector that ensures fairness in the employment relationship and fair treatment of its employees by— (i) providing for the key rights, obligations and employment arrangements of public sector employees; and (ii) maximising employment security and permanency of employment; and (iii) taking steps to promote equity, diversity, respect and inclusion in employment, including for diversity target groups; and (iv) ensuring a high-performing and diverse workforce, through fair and transparent, merit-based selection processes; and (v) ensuring fair and accountable decision-making, including by providing public sector employees with access to fair and independent reviews and appeals; and (vi) setting a positive performance management framework for public sector employees; and (vii) fixing principles to guide public sector managers, and the work performance and personal conduct of public sector employees; and - (i) providing for the key rights, obligations and employment arrangements of public sector employees; and - (ii) maximising employment security and permanency of employment; and - (iii) taking steps to promote equity, diversity, respect and inclusion in employment, including for diversity target groups; and - (iv) ensuring a high-performing and diverse workforce, through fair and transparent, merit-based selection processes; and - (v) ensuring fair and accountable decision-making, including by providing public sector employees with access to fair and independent reviews and appeals; and - (vi) setting a positive performance management framework for public sector employees; and - (vii) fixing principles to guide public sector managers, and the work performance and personal conduct of public sector employees; and - (d) establishing a high-performing, apolitical public sector by effective stewardship that— (i) responds to the needs of the community and the government; and (ii) maintains accountability, impartiality and integrity, while supporting the public interest, and when giving advice to the government; and (iii) focuses on the delivery of services and government programs; and (iv) supports the government in making and implementing decisions about public policy while harnessing creativity and innovation; and (v) ensures public resources are managed efficiently and their use is accountable. - (i) responds to the needs of the community and the government; and - (ii) maintains accountability, impartiality and integrity, while supporting the public interest, and when giving advice to the government; and - (iii) focuses on the delivery of services and government programs; and - (iv) supports the government in making and implementing decisions about public policy while harnessing creativity and innovation; and - (v) ensures public resources are managed efficiently and their use is accountable. - (i) promoting a spirit of service to the community; and - (ii) providing for the appointment of chief executives and the employment of senior executives to provide the public service with high-performing, future-focused leadership; and - (iii) providing for the employment and administration of the public service; and - (iv) taking measures to promote the effectiveness and efficiency of public sector entities; and - (v) establishing the Public Sector Commission and providing for the appointment of a Public Sector Commissioner to enhance the public sector’s human resource management and capability; and - (vi) establishing the Public Sector Governance Council to provide oversight of public sector governance; and - (vii) establishing a shared responsibility for the effective stewardship of the public sector between the Public Sector Governance Council, the Public Sector Commissioner and chief executives of departments; and - (i) ensuring public sector entities recognise the importance to Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples of the right to self-determination; and - (ii) ensuring public sector entities actively promote the perspectives of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples; and - (i) providing for the key rights, obligations and employment arrangements of public sector employees; and - (ii) maximising employment security and permanency of employment; and - (iii) taking steps to promote equity, diversity, respect and inclusion in employment, including for diversity target groups; and - (iv) ensuring a high-performing and diverse workforce, through fair and transparent, merit-based selection processes; and - (v) ensuring fair and accountable decision-making, including by providing public sector employees with access to fair and independent reviews and appeals; and - (vi) setting a positive performance management framework for public sector employees; and - (vii) fixing principles to guide public sector managers, and the work performance and personal conduct of public sector employees; and - (i) responds to the needs of the community and the government; and - (ii) maintains accountability, impartiality and integrity, while supporting the public interest, and when giving advice to the government; and - (iii) focuses on the delivery of services and government programs; and - (iv) supports the government in making and implementing decisions about public policy while harnessing creativity and innovation; and - (v) ensures public resources are managed efficiently and their use is accountable.