Tasmania’s public service is set for a major shake-up, with 250 full-time equivalent roles to be cut and the Department of State Growth to be dismantled.
In a message to the Tasmanian State Service on Tuesday and later in his State of the State address, Premier Jeremy Rockliff outlined sweeping ‘machinery of government’ changes.
He said they were needed to ensure the service was “best placed to deliver for the Tasmanian community”.
Rockliff said the Department of State Growth would undergo a “total transformation” and be restructured into a new department called Building Tasmania.
“The Tasmanian State Service plays an important role in delivering services for the Tasmanian community and I want to ensure the state service is best able to support Tasmania and Tasmanian businesses with an agile, streamlined and a client-centred focus,” he wrote.
The new department will oversee roads, housing and major infrastructure projects.
Homes Tasmania will transition into Building Tasmania as part of the restructure.
“Building Tasmania will deliver the roads, housing and infrastructure our state needs to be fit for the future,” he wrote.
The Department of State Growth was established in 2014.
Rockliff said it had “served us well” but the state’s needs had evolved.
“We need to consider how we set ourselves up for success for the future,” he said.
Secretary of the Department of State Growth Craig Limkin will go on leave from March 7, with Shane Gregory to act as the secretary as the transition begins.
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