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APPENDIX 1:

(Incorporated in Hansard on 16 February 1993 at page 12)

CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION WITHOUT NOTICE

17 DECEMBER 1992

MR KAINE: TREASURER, THERE HAS BEEN A 2 PER CENT PAY RISE ANNOUNCED FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS, AND I PRESUME THAT INCLUDES ACT PUBLIC SERVANTS. CAN YOU TELL US WHAT THE NET EFFECT OF THAT PAY RISE ON THE ACT GOVERNMENT SERVICE PAY ROLL? SECONDLY, WHO WILL NEGOTIATE THE PERFORMANCE AGREEMENTS ON WHICH THE PAY RISE RESTS? BY THAT I MEAN WHO IS GOING TO NEGOTIATE THE PAY RISE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE GRADES?

MR KAINE: CAN THE TREASURER CONFIRM THAT THIS PAY RISE WILL BE ACCOMMODATED WITHIN PROVISIONS ALREADY IN THE BUDGET AND THAT THE PAY RISE WILL NOT AFFECT THE DELIVERY OF SERVICES IN ANY WAY BY TAKING MONEY FROM ELSEWHERE?

MY ANSWER I5:

THE FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT FOR INTRODUCING PRODUCTIVITY BARGAINING INTO THE ACT PUBLIC SECTOR WAS CERTIFIED BY THE INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS COMMISSION ON 16 DECEMBER 1992. THE COMPONENTS OF THAT AGREEMENT ARE:

• AN UP FRONT PRODUCTIVITY PAY ADJUSTMENT OF 2% PAYABLE ON COMMENCEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT (FOR WHICH A RANGE OF INITIATIVES HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED WHICH WILL GIVE RISE TO EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENTS); THIS WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT TO EXISTING BASE RATES OF PAY;

• ANNUAL ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENTS OF 1.4% AND 1.5%, PAYABLE ON 1 MARCH 1993 AND 1 MARCH 1994 RESPECTIVELY; THIS WILL BE AN ADJUSTMENT TO EXISTING BASE RATES OF PAY;

• A FRAMEWORK WITHIN WHICH FURTHER "LOCAL" PRODUCTIVITY AGREEMENTS CAN BE NEGOTIATED, LEADING TO ADDITIONAL PAY INCREASES OF UNSPECIFIED QUANTUM. THESE WILL BE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE BASE RATES OF PAY. THE OUTCOMES WILL BE AGREED BY GOVERNMENT;

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