Reducing red tape in the APS

Appendix 3: Contributors to MAC report

This report was developed by a project team located in the Department of Finance and Administration, under the supervision of a Deputy Secretaries Group reporting to the Management Advisory Committee.

Deputy Secretaries Group

Ms Kathryn Campbell (Chair)
Department of Finance and Administration

Ms Jenny Goddard
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet

Ms Carolyn Hogg
Centrelink

Ms Susan Page
Department of Transport and Regional Services

Ms Lynne Tacy
Australian Public Service Commission

Project Team

Mr Michael Culhane
Department of Finance and Administration

Mr Alan Greenslade
Department of Finance and Administration

Ms Ingrid Leonard
Department of Finance and Administration

Ms Devi Kemp
Department of Finance and Administration

Ms Natasha McAlister
Department of Finance and Administration

The Management Advisory Committee recognises the support of the Department of Finance and Administration in providing the project team to undertake the project.

Apart from those agencies mentioned above, the following organisations also provided support for the project.

Australian Government Agencies

Australian Public Service Commission

Department of Finance and Administration

Productivity Commission

Management Advisory Committee (MAC)

The Management Advisory Committee (MAC) is a forum of Secretaries and Agency Heads established under the Public Service Act 1999 to advise the Australian Government on matters relating to the management of the Australian Public Service (APS). In addressing its broad advisory function MAC considers a number of management issues where analysis, discussion, and the identification of better practice approaches would inform and promote improvements in public administration.

MAC was established under section 64 of the Public Service Act 1999 and is chaired by the Secretary of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, with the Public Service Commissioner as executive officer. MAC is charged with advising the Government on matters relating to the management of the APS. While it has no statutory powers or executive functions, it provides a forum for Secretaries and heads of major agencies to discuss significant issues of topical and long-term interest to the APS.

MAC met for the first time in December 2000 and agreed on a work program that focused on areas of strategic importance to the APS. Sub-committees of interested MAC members were established to set the terms of reference for each of these projects.

The Australian Public Service Commission currently provides Secretariat support to MAC and its subcommittee/s. The Secretariat can be contacted through the Evaluation Group of the Commission at macsecretariat@apsc.gov.au

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