At the Presiding Officers and Clerk’s Conference in July 2013, the following papers were presented: The umpire strikes back. Musings of an opposition member turned Speaker – Vicki Dunne MLA, Speaker of the Legislative Assembly Ten measures of a healthy Parliament – Tom Duncan, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly Two staff attended a course on parliamentary law, practice and procedure as part of the University of Tasmania’s ANZACATT training, and presented papers on the following topics: Developing the capacity of committee members—A win for scrutiny? — Margie Morrison The role of the separation of powers doctrine in arguments for reform to parliamentary budget setting processes – Michael Sloane Financial report and management discussion and analysis The Office’s financial report and management discussion and analysis are at Appendix 22. Analysis of the Office’s performance Banking transition The transition to the new whole-of-government banking services provider, which was commenced in the 2013-2014 year, was finalised in the early part of this reporting period. Major building works Goal 1 – Improve services to the Assembly and its committees Shortly after the passage of the Australian Capital Territory (Ministers) Act 2013, the Chief Minister announced that she intended to appoint a sixth minister. Following consultation with the Chief Minister’s office, the space on the second floor of the building was reconfigured to accommodate a sixth minister’s suite. The cost of this work was $36,590 and it was funded from the Office’s 2013-2014 Capital Upgrade Program. Hansard, Technology and Library Services Appendices 10 to 12 set out performance against targets for Hansard, Technology and the Assembly Library. Although Hansard accuracy remained very high, some publication targets were not met due to unavoidable delays, slightly reducing overall performance on timeliness of publication for the year. One library service—cataloguing— also did not meet the performance standard as priority was placed on improving the library intranet as recommended in the review of client information needs. The backlog will be catalogued in the coming year. Results from the survey of members and their staff were largely positive (Appendix 21). Recurring themes for improvements to information technology services included: ease of using the Assembly’s intranet; email synching; poor speed of the internet; and some instances of unsatisfactory IT support. Respondents were generally pleased with the responsiveness of library
Plant and equipment (Controlled budget) $0.457m 61 Intangibles (software) $0.050m 1 Additions and deletions Table 15. Assets that were added or removed from assets register during 2013-2014 Asset Class Additions (value) Disposals (value) Assembly building (Territorial budget) Capital upgrade program—see N/A Land (Territorial budget) N/A N/A Leased motor vehicles (Territorial budget) 4 ($0.171m), replacement vehicles 2 ($0.073m), due to the expiry of lease term) Motor vehicle (Territorial budget) 0 1 ($0.021) Assembly art collection (Controlled budget) 13 ($0.045m) 0 Assembly library collection (Controlled budget) Various ($0.005m) 0 Plant and equipment (Controlled budget) 9 ($0.013m) 1 ($0.017m) ($0.239m)
Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between and 2013-14 Percentage variance between and 2013-14 Stationary energy use use Megajoules 2971754.06 2856092.83 -115661.23 -3.89 Stationary energy use use kWh 825487.24 793359.12 -32128.12 -3.89 Stationary energy use use Megajoules 1574262.00 1142000.00 -432262.00 -27.46 Stationary energy use office energy use (gas+ electricity) Megajoules 4546016.06 3998092.83 -547923.23 -12.05 Stationary energy use office energy use (gas + electricity) Gigajoules 4546.02 3998.09 -547.92 -12.05 Energy Intensities Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between and 2013-14 Percentage variance between and 2013-14 Energy Intensities - Energy intensity per person Megajoules / FTE 29908.00 27014.14 -2893.86 -9.68 Energy Intensities - Energy intensity per area of office space Megajoules / m2 1417.09 1246.29 -170.80 -12.05 Energy Intensities - Energy intensity per area of office space + frequently used spaces Megajoules / m2 708.32 622.95 -85.37 -12.05 Energy Intensities - Energy intensity per area of total floor space Megajoules / m2 602.36 529.76 -72.60 -12.05 Transport Energy Gas 13 13
Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between and 2013-14 Percentage variance between and 2013-14 Transport Energy - Total number of vehicles Numeric 13.00 11.00 -2.00 -15.38 Transport Energy -Transport fuel (petrol) Litres 7083.00 4784.60 -2298.40 -32.45 Transport Energy -Transport fuel (diesel) Litres 10857.86 11318.75 460.89 4.24 Transport Energy -Transport fuel - Petrol (conversion) Megajoules 242238.60 163633.32 -78605.28 -32.45 Transport fuel - Diesel (conversion) Megajoules 416941.82 434640.00 17698.18 4.24 Transport Energy - Total transport energy use (sum of above) Megajoules 659180.42 598273.32 -60907.10 -9.24 Transport Energy - Total transport energy use (conversion) Gigajoules 659.18 598.27 -60.91 -9.24 Water consumption Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Percentage variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Water consumption - Total office water use Kilolitres 2297.00 3100.00 803.00 34.96 Water Intensities - Water use per person Kilolitres / FTE 15.11 20.95 5.83 38.61 Water Intensities - Water use per area of office space Kilolitres / m2 0.72 0.97 0.25 34.96 Water Intensities - Water use per area of office space + frequently used spaces Kilolitres / m2 0.53 0.71 0.19 34.96 Water Intensities -Water use per area of total floor space Kilolitres / m2 0.30 0.41 0.11 34.96 Waste 13 13
Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Percentage variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Office greenhouse gas emissions (electricity + gas) Tonnes CO2-e 938.48 914.20 -24.28 -2.59 Greenhouse Gas Emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions from fleet Tonnes CO2-e 56.74 43.55 -13.19 -23.25 Greenhouse Gas Emissions greenhouse gas emissions (electricity + gas + fleet) Tonnes CO2-e 995.22 957.75 -37.47 -3.77 Greenhouse Gas Intensities Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Percentage variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Total emissions per person (electricity + gas) Tonnes CO2-e / FTE 6.17 6.18 0.00 0.05 Building energy emissions per office area Tonnes CO2-e / m2 0.29 0.28 -0.01 -2.59 Building energy emissions per area of office space and frequently used spaces Tonnes CO2-e / m2 0.1462 0.1424 0.00 -2.59 Building energy emissions per total floor space Tonnes CO2-e / m2 0.1244 0.1211 0.00 -2.59 Transport emissions per vehicle Tonnes CO2-e /vehicle 4.36 3.96 -0.41 -9.30 Total emissions per person (electricity + gas + fleet) Tonnes CO2-e / FTE 6.55 6.47 -0.08 -1.16 Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Scope Indicator Unit 2012-2013 result 2013-2014 result Variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14 Percentage variance between 2012-13 and 2013-14
Appendix 7 – Chamber support timeliness performance Timeliness standard 2012-2013 01/07 to 31/12 2013 01/01 to 30/06 2014 Daily Program available by 9:00am each sitting day (Target: 100%) 87.5% 100% 100% Procedures ready for distribution at 9:30am each sitting (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Notice Paper published by 8:00pm prior to sitting (Target: 100%) 69.5% refer to note below 88.9% 94% Answers to QONs provided to MLAs and Hansard within 1 working day of receipt (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Legislation processed and forwarded to PCO for notification within 7 working days of receipt from PCO (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Proof Minutes of Proceedings published within 2 hours of rising/11:00am Friday (Target: 100%) 91.4% 94.4% 100% Final Minutes of Proceedings published within 2 weeks of conclusion of sitting week/fortnight (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Index to Minutes of Proceedings available online within 7 working days after final minutes published (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Index to Papers available online within 7 working days after final minutes published (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Statistics for Business of the Assembly updated within 7 working days of final minutes published (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Pre-final Bills List published within 5 working days following sitting week/fortnight (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Final Bills List published within 2 working days following notification of Bills on Legislation Register (Target: 100%) 100% 75% 100% Summary of Bills list published within 2 working days following sitting week/fortnight (Target: 100%) 100% 100% 100% Note: Assembly sat past 8:00pm on two occasions and adjourned just prior to 8:00pm on two other occasions. Assembly sat past 8:00pm on one occasion and technical website issues on another occasion. Technical web issues delayed publication. Website issues delayed publication on one occasion.
Number of statements made under SO246A 19 Number of statutory appointments considered 154 Number of bills considered 58 Items of subordinate legislation considered 354 Detailed statistics 2013-2014 Standing Committees Administration and Procedure* Education, Training and Youth Affairs Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services Justice and Community Safety (JACS ) JACS (Legislative Scrutiny Role)* Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services Public Accounts Number of committee meetings (total) 20 15 22 30 12 43 33 Number of private meetings 20 13 17 21 12 26 21 Number of public hearings 0 2 5 7 0 14 11 Number of site visits/ study tours 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Other kinds of meetings (briefings, round tables, workshops, etc) 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 Hours of Meetings Administration and Procedure* Education, Training and Youth Affairs Health, Ageing, Community and Social Services Justice and Community Safety (JACS ) JACS (Legislative Scrutiny Role)* Planning, Environment and Territory and Municipal Services Public Accounts Hours of committee meetings [total] 9:46 18:43 28:16 31:06 9:40 44:03 39:14 Hours of private meetings 9:46 3:55 8:31 8:06 9:40 9:35 16:01 Hours of public hearings 0:00 14:48 19:45 19:24 0:00 31:13 16:13
Select Committees Amendments to the Electoral Act 1992 (3 members only) Estimates 2013-2014 Estimates 2014-2015 Regional Development Total Number of committee meetings (total) 15 6 23 4 223 Number of private meetings 12 5 10 3 160 Number of public hearings 3 1 13 1 57 Number of site visits/ study tours 0 0 0 0 2 Hours Amendments to the Electoral Act 1992 (3 members only) Estimates 2013-2014 Estimates 2014-2015 Regional Development Total Other kinds of meetings (briefings, round tables, workshops, etc) 0 0 0 0 4 Hours of committee meetings [total] 10:31 4:54 96:41 4:43 297:37 Hours of private meetings 7:16 3:24 3:31 0:53 80:38 Hours of public hearings 3:15 1:30 93:10 3:50 203:08 Hours of site visits/study tours 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 4:21 Inquiry outcomes Hours of other kinds of meetings 0:00 0:00 0:00 0:00 9:30
Program Number of participants Number of participants Number of participants Community groups 205 213 500 Delegations 48 99 141 Speakers citizenship evening 126 214 141 Public service Seminar/Tour (includes teacher PD) 254 183 234 Seminars & conventions 59 46 156 Work experience/internship 15 10 16 School students (from individual school visits) 656 167 247 School students (outreach visits to schools) 134 0 29 School students (school debates) 301 322 333 School students (constitutional convention) 57 48 80 Youth parliament 0 11 13 Older Persons Assembly 70 0 0 Total 1925 1313 1924 2013