1.2.3 Public Sector Reform in Australia
The public sector reforms in Australia aimed to update the government’s
performance, and to develop performance processes rather than performance
outcomes. This reform officially started in 1983, with the following public Sector
reform procedures (Office of Permanent Secretary for Interior, 2005: 52-56):
1) Structural Reform: With organization restructure through
streamlining work processes and promoting business-like organizational performance,
allocating top-down authority of decision-making related to personnel and finance and
decentralizing authority to other related government offices.