Monitoring the environment provides necessary information for assessment and improvement of policies and strategies by environmental agencies. It also provides for accountability to the Parliament and the community, as well as to national and international agencies under various agreements and treaties. A preliminary examination found that efficient and effective monitoring and reporting is sometimes made difficult by unclear responsibilities and competing needs for information from numerous community groups and state, national, and international agencies. Recruitment Practices in the Western Australian Public Sector Recruitment of suitable people is critical to an agency's performance. An examination of public sector recruitment practices identified that current measures of recruitment performance primarily focus on cost and compliance with policies and processes.
Greater focus is required on measuring and improving the effectiveness of recruitment.
The examination also found that the monitoring of the recruitment Standard results in agencies applying bureaucratic processes for the purpose of meeting compliance tests. The impact of these processes on the achievement of merit, equity and probity in recruitment needs to be more clearly defined. An examination of management of the small Northern Demersal Scalefish Fishery found that Western Australia's Fisheries Department and major permit holders consider the interim management of the fishery to be sustainable, flexible and economically viable. The development of the fishery has been difficult, and there are a number of opportunities for improved management and administration practices. Back to Top Overview of Performance Examinations since 1992 A tabulation of the 97 performance examination items tabled in Parliament since 1992 indicates that a broad coverage across the public sector has been achieved.